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Computer System

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Um, I'm responsible for student [blank] to the college and I use a computer system to help process student enrollments and to do the [blank] . But it really doesn't suit the way we work these days. It's over ten years old and although it was fine when it was first [blank] , it is just not good enough now. 20 years ago, the college was quite small and we didn't have the number of students and [blank] that we have now. There's a lot more data now and it sometimes seems the system has [blank] but, in fact, it just takes ages to go from one [blank] to the next.

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Um, I'm responsible for student admissions to the college and I use a computer system to help process student enrollments and to do the timetabling . But it really doesn't suit the way we work these days. It's over ten years old and although it was fine when it was first introduced , it is just not good enough now. 20 years ago, the college was quite small and we didn't have the number of students and tutors that we have now. There's a lot more data now and it sometimes seems the system has crashed but, in fact, it just takes ages to go from one screen to the next.
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