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The Weekly Round-Up: 25.01.08
Round-Up According to the leaked information, teenagers may need an ID card to open a bank account or take out a student loan from 2010 - making them among the first people to have the biometric cards in the UK. [25 Jan 2008]
Students revolt against being ID card guinea pigs
News Leaked Home Office documents reveal teenagers may need an ID card to open a bank account or take out a student loan from 2010 - making them among the first people to have the controversial biometric... [24 Jan 2008]
ELM Resources Improves Customer Service and Sales Force Effectiveness With Hosted Customer Relationship Management Solution
White Paper Established in 1994, ELM Resources is the student loan industry's only mutual benefit corporation. ELM Resources wanted to improve their ability to analyze customer service delivery to drive continuous... [23 Jan 2007]
Student Loans Company Handles 700,000 Transactions Daily With Faster Response Times Than Leading Banks
White Paper The company wanted to centralize and Web enable student loan processing to ensure service consistency throughout England and Wales. The Student Loans Company was set up in 1990 by the... [07 Dec 2006]
Security breach strikes student loan site
News Earlier this year, the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan company said up to 1.3 million borrowers were at risk of ID theft after computer equipment loaded with sensitive student... [25 Aug 2006]
Loan company loses data on 1.3 million students
News The equipment, which was not identified, contains the names and Social Security numbers of the borrowers, the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan (TGSL) company said in a statement on Tuesday. Texas Guaranteed... [02 Jun 2006]
Data negligence suit thrown out of court
News A US federal court has thrown out a lawsuit that accused a student-loan provider of negligence in failing to encrypt a customer database that was subsequently stolen. The case arose as a result of a... [15 Feb 2006]
Computer delays hit 100,000 student loans payments
News The £30m system introduced by the Student Loans Company allows local authorities to process loan applications and send the information online to the SLC for a decision. Over 100,000 students face... [19 Aug 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Muddled thinking on education
Comment Repaying a massive student loan is, after all, only another form of taxation, but rather less efficient than income tax. Confused? Read on. Our society struggles to know what it aims to achieve, and... [24 Feb 2004]
Qwest extends overdraft limit
News Bankers have agreed to extend Qwest Communications' loan facility, an important concession for the US carrier as it struggles to secure its financial future. Qwest can now owe as much as 4.25 times its earnings before... [19 Mar 2002]
Cambridgeshire buys Oracle CRM
News Cambridgeshire County Council today announced a deal with ICL to install its CRM software in the Student Awards Service. Karen Smith, head of the Student Awards Service, said: "We have no specific... [18 Oct 2001]
Students hit back at laptop lunacy, telco plans in tatters and O'Brien eyes Eircom
News The story which appeared in yesterday's Financial Times is understandably raising concern among the student ranks and the Telegraph reports that Warwick University Student Union is already planning a... [08 Feb 2001]
Microsoft to put a laptop on every child's desk
News Actually, we price the software particularly low for student use. Microsoft has already signed partnerships with several suppliers including Acer, Dell, HP, Research Machines and Toshiba for notebook PCs, which will be... [01 Feb 2000]
Faulty software could hit student loans
News The UK Students Loan Company has come under fire after the software it provided to Local Education Authorities (LEA) to process student loans failed to work. LEA leaders claimed they had been warned of... [26 Jul 1999]
Students left in the dark as blackout hits loans company
News The collections department of the UK's Student Loan Company (SLC) faced blank screens on Friday, as the company's computer system ground to a halt. Customers ringing to check the status of their accounts... [12 Apr 1999]
