Embedding Europass at Newcastle University to support student and graduate mobility – work in progress Paul Horner Newcastle University Paul Horner +44(0)

Background EPICS  Mobility  Traditional pathways vs non- traditional pathways  Interoperability  IMS-LIP

Europass Benefits  Small and concise  Mobility HR-XML

Initial Roll-out Who was it available to?  Postgraduate Researchers  Approximately 2,500 students What was made available?  Europass-CV (upload/download)  HR-XML (download)  Zip file (upload/download)

Initial Roll-out Usage  17 downloads  10 uploads

Initial Roll-out Feedback?  Generally positive  Useful  Easy to use  Some negative comments  How/where will I use the download?

Technical Issues Creates duplicate entries  No checks on uploaded data Number of records No Single Loop through the Europass XML Is this part valid? Yes Multiple Does a record exist? NoYes Insert Update

New Upload Process Number of records No Single Loop through the Europass XML Is this part valid? Yes Multiple Does a record exist? NoYes InsertUser chooses Does a record exist? NoYes Insert Is it similar to the existing record? No Yes Insert User chooses Update?

Technical Issues No support for diacritics  Accented letters  á, ç, ê, ü etc…  ASCII vs UTF-8

Unicode (UTF-8) support  Python and ASCII  SAX XML and ASCII (Python)  Fixed  Encoding a string at a time  Not the entire XML

New Developments September 2007  UTF-8 Support (diacritics)  Checks on uploads  HR-XML upload  Europass Language Passport

Where we’re at October 2007  Upload from EuroCV  Upload to EuroCV  Europass upload  Europass download  EIfEL CVT

Future Developments  EPICS 2  Job Boards  EuroCV  HR-XML  IMS-ePortfolio  Other schemas?

Interoperability options ePET ToolIMS standardsEuropassHR-XMLAlternatives CV - Personal DetailsIdentification ContactInfohResume or vCard CV - Personal Statement miscExecutiveSummary CV - QualificationsQCLeducationEducationHistory CV - Work Experience workexperienceEmploymentHistory CV - SkillsCompetencyskillsCompetency CV - Publications PublicationHistory CV - Courses Qualifications CV - Awards Achievements CV - Presentations SpeakingEventsHistory CV - MembershipsAffiliation Associations CV - Languages languagesLanguages CV - HobbiesInterest CV - References References Associated FilesProductmiscSupportingMaterials Learning OutcomesGoals & Reflexion Blog RSS or ATOM Meetings iCalendar Action Plan RSS or ATOM

Conclusions  Successful pilot  Good starting point  Interoperability  Lots more work to do  Europass  HR-XML  Interoperability

Embedding Europass at Newcastle University to support student and graduate mobility – work in progress Paul Horner Newcastle University Paul Horner +44(0)