We are pleased to confirm that the requested functionality to allow University and Practice Senior administrators (such as placement Office staff and PEFs) to allocate a 12-month long Practice Assessor to Student Nursing Associate learners is now available. This will allow a "Home Trust" Assessor to monitor student progress throughout the year, regardless of which organisation a Nursing Associate student is placed within.
Dear NW HEI partners,
We’re pleased to confirm that the Export & Delete functionality will go live for universities in the North West region on Monday, 14th July 2025.
This tool allows authorised users to:
It has been designed to support institutional data retention policies and reduce the unnecessary storage of historic data, while maintaining full audit logging for governance purposes.
For full guidance on using the Export & Delete tool, please refer to the following support articles:
Access to the Export & Delete tool is restricted to designated users within each organisation, due to the permanent nature of the deletion process.
Please submit a Support Ticket via the Help Centre, including the names and email addresses of the users you wish to nominate. To enable access, institutions must submit a request specifying the intended users.
To support this rollout, we are holding two training sessions:
These sessions will provide an overview of the functionality, demonstrate how to use it effectively, and answer any questions you may have. Training will last for one hour, including a short Q&A session, and be delivered via Microsoft Teams by our Admin & Support Team.
To register, please click here and complete the short form.
Kind regards,
The OnlinePARE Team
The new Nursing Milestone Completion Report is a handy new report to show how your nursing students are progressing in terms of meeting their major placement milestones.
As we head into the Easter Bank Holiday, we'd like to take a moment to thank all of our users – students, academic staff, administrators, and healthcare partners - for your continued support and collaboration.
From all of us at OnlinePARE, we wish you a restful and refreshing Easter break. May your long weekend be filled with peace, joy, and maybe a little chocolate too!
As part of a scheduled review of educator access to learner assessment documentation, temporary adjustments were made to ensure alignment with our evolving governance and oversight framework.
Now that the review has concluded, we're pleased to confirm that standard access for Placement Educators within their designated practice areas has been restored. This update reflects feedback from our partners across healthcare and education, and supports our ongoing commitment to clarity, collaboration, and learner support.
Thank you for your patience during this period of evaluation. If you experience any further issues, please contact the OnlinePARE Support Team by raising a support ticket via the Help Centre.
Kind regards,
The OnlinePARE Team
The community nursing disciplines on PARE for the NMC Specialist Practitioner Qualification programmes have now all been brought under the SPQ naming convention for easier identification:
The Users CSV download report (Manage Users screen) now includes additional role information for HEI staff accounts.
Dear OnlinePARE Community,
We are thrilled to share that Chester Business School, the home of OnlinePARE, has been awarded Business School of the Year at the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2024. The announcement was made at a glittering ceremony at the ICC in Birmingham on Thursday, November 28, as the THE Awards celebrated their 20th anniversary, hosted by comedian Miles Jupp.
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| Comedian Miles Jupp and representatives from Chester Business School and the University of Chester Students’ Union, including Dr. Mike Brownsell (fourth from the left), celebrate on stage as Chester Business School is awarded Times Higher Education Business School of the Year 2024. |
This award is a recognition of the transformative work Chester Business School and OnlinePARE are doing to innovate and excel in higher education and healthcare practice. Our platform was proudly highlighted in the Business School’s winning submission, which showcased its role as one of the UK’s definitive clinical practice assessment tools. Over the past year, OnlinePARE engaged more than 90,000 university users and over 160,000 NHS and healthcare professionals – a record achievement that underlines the critical part it plays in supporting healthcare education and the NHS workforce.
Judges praised Chester Business School and OnlinePARE for “its focus on its net zero ambitions through collaboration on large-scale industrial decarbonisation challenges in the north-west” and recognised “its exceptional work with Health Education England, engaging the largest cohort of future healthcare professionals to realise efficiencies in the development of skills and practice development for the NHS”.
This milestone also coincides with OnlinePARE’s tenth anniversary, marking a decade of growth, innovation and service to our users. Our commitment to enhancing clinical practice assessment and fostering partnerships between universities and healthcare providers has never been stronger, and this award serves as a testament to the shared efforts of our entire community.
Reflecting on this achievement, Dr Mike Brownsell, Head of Division (PARE) at Chester Business School, said: “I'm delighted that PARE has played such a significant part in the Business School success. It reflects not only the skills and commitment of the PARE Team, but also the support and engagement of the wider PARE user community.”
As Dr Brownsell highlights, this recognition would not have been possible without the invaluable contributions of our users – students, academic staff, and healthcare partners alike. As we celebrate this achievement, we remain steadfast in our mission to provide innovative tools that advance practice assessment and multidisciplinary, educational collaboration.
We thank you all for your continued support and enthusiasm for OnlinePARE. Let us celebrate this success together as we look forward to many more achievements in the years to come.
Kind regards,
The OnlinePARE Team
As part of PARE's ongoing commitment to accessibility, Practice Placement Senior Administrators and Practice Educator Leads may notice a slight change to the appearance of the page they use to assign clinical supervisors and assessors to learners.
We are pleased to inform you that the issue affecting some users' ability to access timesheets on our platform has now been resolved. The issue was owing to circumstances outside of our control, but we have worked closely with our providers to ensure a prompt resolution.
Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time. If you continue to experience any issues, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team via the OnlinePARE Help Centre.
Kind regards,
The OnlinePARE Team
Dear HEI Administrators,
We are excited to announce the launch of a new tool designed to enhance your administrative efficiency: the ‘PAR Documents’ screen. This feature allows you to view listings of all active PAR Documents across your programmes that use PARE assessment documents, from a single screen.
How to Access the ‘PAR Documents’ Screen:
> For HEI Senior Administrators: Access the ‘PAR Documents’ screen via the red-brown ‘Placement Details’ tile on the PARE Dashboard.
> For HEI Senior Administrators with ‘Placement Coordinator’ Permissions: Access the ‘PAR Documents screen via the red-brown ‘Manage Places/Import Records’ tile on the PARE Dashboard.
Once you click the relevant tile, simply select ‘PAR
Documents’ from the side-bar to view the list.
Key Features:
Staff will be able to easily access copies of each PAR
Document from this screen to review document layouts and content when preparing
revisions, as well as view additional information about each document’s usage
including the cohorts and number of learners that a document version has been
attached to.
For Further
Information:
Please consult the ‘View PAR Documents in Use Across Programmes’
article within the OnlinePARE Help Centre.
We value your feedback and are committed to continuously improving
your experience with OnlinePARE. If you have any questions or need assistance,
please do not hesitate to raise a support ticket via the OnlinePARE Help
Centre.
Thank you for your continued support and co-operation.
The OnlinePARE Team
Dear OnlinePARE users,
