NLBC Professional Register

To establish a register of college and university graduates in each discipline, supported through appropriate interactive network media, and to encourage participation in

professional engagement and development activities throughout their careers'. This will be achieved by enrolling completing students from member Colleges and Universities, who agree to their data being included, in a professional register, ordering them by qualification, interest and occupation. By keeping in touch with them electronically throughout their careers, development opportunities will be presented and professional updating will take place.

There will be no charge associated with joining the register, but there may be future opportunities to raise funds to support the initiative by charging for services such as the promotion of CPD and other activities to members. It is important that the ongoing maintenance costs, including continual cleansing of the data are modest and do not challenge the sustainability of the project. The primary purpose of the Professional Register is to help the members connect with college and university graduates (Those already working in the industry would be encouraged to register also) to participate in professional engagement and development activities throughout their careers.

Initially we would like to aim for 2000 graduates of the average 8000 students graduating each year to be listed on to the register to begin with, and a yearly increase of roughly... Landing page with key info that can be changed

• When someone is added to the register as a 'bulk upload' their username is their full name, and password is their date of birth. From there they can then create their own password. Possible prompt on log in screen. Forgot password will send reminder email to bulk uploaded email address
• Portal for Colleges/universities to be able to bulk upload graduates
• Secure Login
• Dashboard
• Bulk Upload Graduates
• Portal for Members with authorised access who can access the lists
• Secure Login
• Dashboard
• Filter options to create specific list(s) of members
• Option to send email
• Post to the newsfeed
• Ability to pay for access/upload - (Future Option, turned off for now)
• Portal for members to the lists - No enhanced access - Can be uploaded

by the College or University or create their own account

• Secure Login
• Dashboard - Ability to see newsfeed
• Upcoming Events with links for more information - Calendar
• Change personal/contact information
• View any emails sent to them - History section

Key points for consideration:

• Ease of use and clear navigation throughout the website
• Smartphone, Tablet & Desktop Ready
• Provide a platform for self-loading and management of content
• Provide modular content management for future expansion
• Search engine friendly
• Support
• sub domain so integration with the current website (NLBC) is seamless
• Search engine optimisation
• GDPR
• Hosting