5th February 2014, 01:48 PM
Given that the EH plan for increased sales to fund their old business model led almost directly to the big cull of late 2011, I won't hold my breath waiting for the new charity to become self-funding!
As for picking up the HER pieces, that'd have to be the HE side, and nobody's promising them any more resources to take on such a big task. Not only would it require an enhanced version of the NMR database to incorporate all those different HER records (Gov't computer systems development track record, anyone?...), but they'd have to somehow re-house all the paper records from LAs and make them accessible. Remember that sparrow in Bede's allegory? Welcome back to the darkness.
As for picking up the HER pieces, that'd have to be the HE side, and nobody's promising them any more resources to take on such a big task. Not only would it require an enhanced version of the NMR database to incorporate all those different HER records (Gov't computer systems development track record, anyone?...), but they'd have to somehow re-house all the paper records from LAs and make them accessible. Remember that sparrow in Bede's allegory? Welcome back to the darkness.