Information Services Newsletter
 MIS

The MIS strategy aims to provide end users with web-based interfaces to the majority of our corporate systems. Current web-based projects under development or in implementation are:

Finance
A Mileage Claims system has been introduced in administrative areas and is currently being rolled out to faculties. This will be followed by a similar system for prior approval and payment of expense claims and a system for overtime claims. The Fixed Asset Register (FAR) system has been redesigned to provide web-based input by users and to use Impromptu Web Reports for reporting. Impromptu Web Reports has been introduced for budget holders to facilitate the production of budgetary information.

Student Systems
Examination marks are accessed by students through a web interface and it is anticipated that further developments will lead to most paper-based communication with students being replaced by web-based systems. It is planned to introduce a system for on-line self-enrolment at the start of the next academic year. Academic staff have been provided with a web-based student enquiry system which enables them to produce course and module lists and to enquire on the details of individual students.

Human Resources
A system is under development, which will provide web-based processing of recruitment requisitions from initiation of a request through to the approval stage and action by Human Resources.

Catering Services
A web-based system is being developed to facilitate the process of requesting catering services.

Brian McDowell