There is a growing emphasis being placed on the importance of student attendance monitoring to third level education facilities with the UKVI Tier 4 legislation in the UK regulating attendance monitoring. Institutions outside the UK have embraced this trend recognising the connection between student attendance and retention. TDS Student has been designed to boost student retention and engagement by providing real-time student reporting to students, academic staff and lecturers. This system has attracted many third level centres across the UK and Ireland as providing a channel of communication between institutions and their students.