Case Study
WJEC / EDUQAS: Appointee system
About the Customer
Industry
Education & Qualification Awarding
Headquartered
Cardiff, Wales
Digital Reach
Wales, England & Northern Ireland
Language Support
Bilingual – English & Welsh
The examinations board WJEC contracts thousands of external examiners and moderators, known as appointees.
Aspire systems was tasked to create a new online system to manage the recruitment and workload of appointees and to provide a way of communicating effectively with them.
The Services We Provided
- Application Development
- Web Design
- Digital Transformation
- Digital Services Delivery
Technology
- .Net
- SQL
Challenges
- Allow applicants to apply online to become an appointee for WJEC
- Automate the process of collecting references
- Create a central database of appointees working for WJEC
- Invite appointees to specific roles
- Allow WJEC subject officers to manage the workload appointees
- Communicate to appointees about meetings and events they are expected to attend
The Solution
- A secure online system to manage the workload of appointees
- Built with .NET and SQL Server and hosted on Amazon Cloud
- Fully bilingual in Welsh and English
Outcomes And Benefits
- Speeds up the process of recruitment of appointees
- Facilitates an immediate response to applicants after subject officer approval
- Provides a central database of all appointees that work for WJEC
- Enables appointees to inform the WJEC of changes to their circumstances
- Improves the quality of data via increased data validation of fields