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It’s my great pleasure that, in my first blog as the new SROC Committee Chair, I get to announce that we will be holding SROC 2024 at the University of Leeds!

22 Aug 2023

Beginnings

It's been 15 years and 3 months since I started working in Higher Education. For 9 years and 4 months of those, I've been a member of the SROC committee...

31 Mar 2023

SROC23. Done.

We had a fantastic conference and give huge thanks to our host the University of Edinburgh, and all our lovely delegates.

See you in 2024!

27 Mar 2023

SROC 2023

Meet our plenary speakers

09 May 2022

Data Futures Day Event - 5 July, London

Missed us? Come join us for a Data Futures Day Event at Woburn House in London on Tuesday 5 July.

12 Feb 2021

SROCfest21!

We are thrilled to announce that SROC 2021 - #SROCfest21 - will be hosted by the University of Huddersfield as a fully virtual and completely FREE conference.

08 Jan 2021

Happy new year!

With SROC moving online for the 2021 conference, Andrew & Siân took a moment to reflect on presenting effectively online, with some general advice, some
techy advice and links to some posts by professional presenters, with the aim of making our 2021 presenters feel prepared and confident.

04 Jan 2021

Happy 2021 from Maggie

Happy 2021 SROCers. With the start of a new year I have been thinking about our priorities at Northumbria for 2021; I’ve also been doing some reflection.

01 Dec 2020

Chair’s update

So, what have you been up to this year?

16 Mar 2020

Postponed SROC 2020 announcement as at:

The SROC Steering Committee has had to take the difficult decision to indefinitely postpone the Student Records Officers’ Conference 2020.

11 Mar 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The SROC Steering Committee is monitoring Government advice.

12 Feb 2020

Siân Stronach Blogs from SACRAO…USA

Each year, a delegation of three, one SROC committee member and two SROC attendees from the year before; are given the opportunity to attend SACRAO with a bursary...

13 Jan 2020

SROC 2020 is open for bookings

The SROC committee are pleased to announce that SROC 2020 is now open for bookings. The conference will be held at the University of Huddersfield from the 6-8 April.

22 Nov 2019

Are You Ready for SROC 2020?

The Committee and local organisers have been hard at work pulling together the programme for SROC 2020 which, just in case you’ve missed previous announcements, will be held from 6 – 8 April 2020 at the University of Huddersfield.

23 Oct 2019

You should apply for the Bursary?

Andrew Jones from the University of Winchester explains that applying for a SROC bursary, 'is not just for the bosses!'

18 Oct 2019

SROC Diversity Day Event 2019

SROC is pleased to announce a one-day event on Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in Higher Education on 29 November 2019 at Woburn House in London.

04 Oct 2019

Committee Updates

New Chair-Elect and Treasurer appointments.

24 May 2019

Post SROC 2019 Reflections

Barbara Cook, Student Data Management Senior Administrator at the University of Cumbria reviews the SROC 2019 conference from the delegates view point.

15 Mar 2019

Alternative Providers

Martha Horler, Data and Compliance Manager at Futureworks gives a brief history in time... on Alternative Providers in HE.

20 Feb 2019

SACRAO 2019 Baton Rouge, Louisiana - Mark Jones reflects

Of all the weekends that three exhausted representatives of UK higher education could have picked to fly through the world’s busiest airport, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson, the weekend the Superbowl was being held in that city was possibly not the best of choices.

17 Jan 2019

Post-HESA Hangover

Steve French, Student Data Manager at the University of Cumbria gives a view on life post HESA, HESES and Christmas.

17 Jan 2019

SROC19 Preparations

The SROC Committee have been busy pulling together the arrangements for the Student Records Officer’s Conference 2019.

13 Dec 2018

Everything I hate about Data Futures

In the SROC Data Futures Day Event on 20 November 2018, we asked delegates to tell us what they hate about Data Futures...

27 Nov 2018

Building up Data Capability from Scratch

Martha Horler writes about Data Management in an Alternative Provider.

12 Oct 2018

SACRAO 2018

SACRAO 2018 – (just outside of) Nashville

18 Sep 2018

A week in the life of…

Ever wondered what the day to day job of a SROC delegate is?

01 Aug 2018

SROC Data Futures Day Event

SAVE THE DATE

Following the success of our Apprenticeships Day Event, we're pleased to announced a SROC Data Futures Day Event on 20 November 2018 at Woburn House in London.

30 May 2018

I spreadsheet therefore I am…

In today's guest blog, Alex Leigh has a few things to say about spreadsheets, but they're not what you think.

10 Apr 2018

Two weeks on from SROC 2018

Two weeks on from SROC18 at the University of Hull, I hope you are returning to work inspired and invigorated by the range of topics and discussions included in the conference programme topped off by the Easter break! A huge thank you to all our plenary speakers and breakout session presenters – without you we could not offer the range of sessions.

04 Apr 2018

SROC 2018 Word Cloud

Can you believe that #sroc18 was a week ago? Here's what delegates were talking about on twitter.

19 Mar 2018

SROC 2018 Bookings are now CLOSED.

Delegates can access the schedule and conference information here:

http://www.sroc.ac.uk/schedule/hull-university-2018

See you in Hull!

28 Feb 2018

Data Futures: view from an Alpha participant

Ahead of SROC 2018, one of our breakout presenters, Daniel Norton of Loughborough University, has written a blog for HESA on Data Futures. This gives the perspective from an Alpha Pilot participant, with a few hints on how to prepare and the likely benefits of joining the Beta Pilot. Read Daniel’s blog to get a taste of his forthcoming session at SROC 2018.

14 Feb 2018

What to expect from SROC 2018

Phillip Russell-Lacy from the SROC Steering Committee gives a personal view on this years SROC conference.

11 Jan 2018

Conference 2018 now open

SROC Conference bookings are now open. Book now using the 'Book Your Place' button.

19 Dec 2017

The alpha, beta, delta of HESA Data Futures

It feels like we’ve been talking about this for years. Now it’s finally here: the long awaited HESA Data Futures coding manual.

19 Oct 2017

The chair of SROC gives updates on next year’s conference in Hull

Hope you have all had a restful summer and are enjoying your HESA data quality checking phase (!).

04 Oct 2017

Preparations for SROC 2018

Preparations for SROC 2018 are underway in Hull, The UK's City of Culture 2017.

29 Apr 2017

Q490 to 100329 – Understanding the move from JACS to HECoS

Marian writes a blog for WonkHE on moving from JACS to HECoS

10 Feb 2017

Craig Duncan: a new SROC committee member

As one of the new intake of SROC committee members, it has fallen to me to both introduce myself and write about my experience thus far.

02 Feb 2017

SROC 2017 - Open for Bookings

Beat the winter blues by booking a place on this year’s SROC hosted by Northumbria University on 24-26 April 2017

25 Dec 2016

Local Conference Organisers

05 Dec 2016

SROC News

With HESA over for another year, thoughts turn to our next Conference, which as you know will be hosted by Northumbria University on 24-26 April 2017. Be sure to put the date in your diary!

14 Oct 2016

Malcolm Whyte

It is with regret that we announce the death of Mr Malcolm Whyte.

20 Sep 2016

SACRAO 2017 Bursary - thinking of applying?

Marian shares her experience of SACRAO 2016.

10 May 2016

SROC Day Sessions 2016

SROC are offering three workshops in 2016 which are open to those working in the HE sector (public and private).

22 Mar 2016

AACRAO Letters from America

A SROC delegate attends the AACRAO Annual Meeting in Phoenix. As Maggie says, "I am privileged to be in a sunny Phoenix for the American Association of College Registrars and Admission Officers annual meeting".

15 Mar 2016

Paul Clark Data Futures

Paul Clark, Chief Executive of HESA announces more information on the HESA Data Futures; the HEDIIP Data Language Project and the new Student Model data collection (HESA Straw Man).

02 Feb 2016

SACRAO 2016

Next week February 8-11 2016

18 Nov 2015

York 2015 Delegate Survey

SROC are pleased to release the results from the SROC 2015 - York delegate survey.

19 Oct 2015

Additional Study Days 2015

SROC are pleased to inform you that there are new study day places available on Process Improvement, CMA Guidance and Service Design.

28 Sep 2015

SACRAO 2016 Oklahoma City

Were you a SROC delegate in York 2015? Did you know you're eligible to apply for one of the two annual bursaries offered by SROC?

15 Jul 2015

Participation Statement

If you are a Student Records Officer, then this site is just for you.

12 May 2015

York 2015 Eddie Lazell

Eddie Lazell gives feedback on his delegate experiences at SROC York 2015.

07 May 2015

KIS Process Map

Following requests from the KIS Discussion Group within LinkedIn, the University of Sheffield has released a KIS Process Map created as part of their KIS implementation back in 2012.

24 Mar 2015

SLC Stakeholder Group March 15

Ray Lock, Student Records and Fees Manager at the University of Derby represents SROC at the SLC Stakeholder Group. His summary of the 19th March meeting follows.

19 Mar 2015

York Conference Presentation Downloads 2015

<< NEW>> SROC 2015 York University - Breakout Downloads

06 Mar 2015

SROC 2015 - Announcement: Change of plenary speakers & timetable

We're sorry to announce that due to unforseen circumstances, Steve Egan, Deputy Chief Executive of HEFCE, will not be able to attend SROC this year.

19 Feb 2015

SROC 2015 - Breakout sessions

If you've booked your place at SROC 2015, then you've already discovered we have a fantastic range of breakout sessions throughout Tuesday 17 & Wednesday 18 of March. If you haven't booked yet, here's what you're missing!

10 Feb 2015

SROC 2015 - first time delegates

Is this your first Student Records Officers' Conference? This year we have a session just for you.

12 Nov 2014

SACRAO 2015 Bursary Winners

It is with pleasure we can announce that, following close competition between excellent applicants, the successful recipients of the SROC 2015 SACRAO bursary have been awarded.

09 Jun 2014

SROC 2014 Sheffield - Delegate Feedback

The online feedback of SROC 2014 Sheffield has now closed and the results are published below. Many thanks for supplying your feedback - the results will be discussed and action taken as necessary following the July 2014 SROC committee meeting.

09 Apr 2014

SACRAO 2013 - Letters from America 8th Feb

Phillip Russell-Lacy (SROC Committee member) is attending the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers conference in San Antonio, Texas. Read about his adventure in a series of 'Letters from America' .

09 Apr 2014

Follow SROC on Twitter

You can now follow conference announcements, plenary discussions etc on Twitter! Not a Twitter user and want to know what the fuss is about?

03 Feb 2013

SACRAO 2013 - Letters from America 3rd Feb

Phillip Russell-Lacy (SROC Committee member) is attending the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers conference in San Antonio, Texas. Read about his adventure in a series of 'Letters from America' .

02 Feb 2013

SACRAO 2013 - Letters from America 1st Feb

Phillip Russell-Lacy (SROC Committee member) is attending the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers conference in San Antonio, Texas. Read about his adventure in a series of 'Letters from America' .

23 Jan 2013

SROC 2013

So over the past 12 months, we have had the Queen's Jubilee, the London 2012 Olympics - what a year and all rather successful I hope you will agree. So what is next - SROC 2013 is open for bookings!

30 Mar 2012

Conference 2012 Delegate Review

SROC, the Student Records Officers Conference, takes place every year and is an opportunity to hear talks about initiatives from other universities. Ray Lock at Derby tells us more.

13 Jan 2012

JISC Course data project

A current JISC programme aims to support universities in "making the most of course information" in the changing environments of HE/FE education. Here I share the approach being taken by the University of Sheffield in advance of our session at SROC 2012.

13 Dec 2011

Chair Report Dec 2011

Russell Roberts, SROC Chair gives an update of what has been happening since the Kent conference; how SROC has represented student records staff on national committee's and how the online SROC sites have impacted this year.

23 Nov 2011

KIS Debate ‘LIVE’

The KIS debate has started. Select 'Read More' to join in.

19 Oct 2011

HESA Consultation

HESA have just released details of proposed changes to the HESA Student Record for 12/13 for institutions to submit responses by Friday 4 Nov. Any views? Join the HESA practioner & open Subgroups.

23 Aug 2011

QR Codes Explained

Have you noticed them at all? I am seeing those funny square boxes of black pixels all over the place. They are even appearing on TV screens during cookery programmes. So what is so special about them?

02 Aug 2011

Call For Papers 2012

The SROC steering committee are currently identifying plenary and breakout sessions for next year's conference in Newcastle, 26th March 2012. Read more on how to suggest or volunteer a session.

19 Jul 2011

2011 SACRAO Bursary Report

Read the 2011 SROC Bursary Report by Melanie Exley and Moira Laired who attended 'The Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers' (SACRAO) conference in Atlanta Georgia February 2011.

03 May 2011

The Chair of SROC blogs about the Kent Conference.

Russell Roberts, explains why he joined SROC and the role of Chair at our recent conference at the University of Kent.

01 Dec 2010

Being Fit for Purpose

It’s the returns season again. Wow it comes around fast these days, it must be my age! It only seems a week or so ago we were registering the new students, all online (not sure what that actually means nowadays).