Fortunately for us, the College Principal, John Gwinnell, has supported us fully after we presented the results of our evaluation into alternative systems. Since wNET was then a very innovative product, and unproved in Colleges, it was a bold step to take. Secondly, in Bob Overment, our Systems Manager for SIMS and wNET, and Heather Sutton, our Administrative Assistant in Student Progression, we have two reliable and competent staff who have taken the responsibility for the introduction of the new system in their stride, alongside their other duties. Just as importantly though are the Teaching and Tutorial Staff who have been supportive of change. They are a very friendly and helpful company.
People do matter as well as computers.
Next year we re going to work out what information we need, and when. Information that helps us manage the College better, and helps us in Student Tracking . We need to get our MIS procedures more organised - you can often flood people with data. Data and information are not the same. Through wNET we ve got the data captured efficiently and economically.