About APS

Alan Paull

Alan Paull has been involved in data collection and data management in the UK education and training sectors for the past 20 years. From 1984 to 1990 he worked at the Polytechnics Central Admissions System and had responsibility for data collection from polytechnics and colleges throughout the UK, and for publishing materials from the data, in both electronic and paper formats. At this time he set up the first UK electronic Higher Education clearing vacancy information service and managed it successfully for four years.

In 1990 he formed part of the original ECCTIS 2000 team that established the ECCTIS database as a profitable service, leading the technical side of the company for 8 years. During this time he was involved in various technical data management projects, working closely with public and private sector organisations handling learning opportunities data. Co-operation and co-ordination across different organisations has always been a hallmark of his approach.

In partnership with his wife, Charlie, Alan has now started his own company, APS Ltd, specialising in electronic publishing services and project management, with particular emphasis on data management.

Alan is also a designer (and player) of board games. His published games include "Siege", "City of Sorcerers", "Thunderin' Guns" and "Starship Tycoons".

Charlie Paull

A firm believer that children should have a parent at home to look after them whenever posssible, Charlie was a housewife and mother for 15 years. During that time she studied for and gained a first class honours degree in Systems Analysis, Human/Computer Interfaces and Interactions and Psychology from the Open University. She also gained experience with data handling & SGML through piece work for UCAS and ECCTIS 2000 from home.

For 3 years to 1999, Charlie has worked for Gloscat (Gloucestershire College of Arts & Technology), most recently in the Statistics and Information department, where she analysed data from their extensive (40,000 student p.a.) student and courses databases. To do this required use of a variety software including MS Access, Excel and Word, transfering data between systems and linking diverse database types.

Charlie has recently undergone extensive training in web designs and page building which she enjoys putting into practice for APS Ltd since April 1999.