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This new project will fix existing issues in the student record system EUCLID. Staff in Student Systems Operations spend a significant amount of time correcting data issues caused by broken processes or failed automation. The plan is to pass more processing over to Schools, but this will only be possible if the issues are resolved.

Each year we undertake a project to upgrade our project tracking, development and issue management tool Jira. The annual upgrade ensures that we are using the most recent supported version and can take advantage of newly released features and integrations with other Atlassian products. 

A pilot has recently been launched to coincide with clearing. A Service Management team has been established along with profiles and links to twenty six student ambassadors, accessible via UCAS and the Edinburgh University web-site.

Contract signed with Eventsair for provision of digital platform for hosting large online events

The new annual registration process involves all students registering online each year to complete matriculation, providing many benefits for students and staff.

The server hosting the student records EUCLID database is being moved from physical servers to Virtual Machine  The scope of this project is to move the EUCLID Streams to Virtual Machine. Streams are used to feed all downstream systems off EUCLID. This will be followed by another project for moving the database to VM after the next student records software upgrade in 2021.

A review of websites and applications under the Applications Directorate has identified sites which will have their accessibility and statements updated, as part of a current project.

CLASS, the software used to manage English language placements for visiting students, is being migrated to a cloud server, as part of a current project.

A new tool for use in processing ethics approval requests and management has been procured for use across the University, as part of a recent project.

A collaborative project between Applications and Library & University Collections to support library services and provide a better student and staff experience through more regular and automated updates to the data required to deliver the Library’s Resource Lists service.