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Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) Further Education sector Leitch Review of Skills in the UK (Promise and Performance) Read, Write, Plus web site The Learning Country The UK Commission for Employment and Skills Training and Skills in the UK' Welsh Employment Action Plan
Initial Vocational Education and Training (IVET)
Young Apprenticeship scheme
Continuing Vocational Education and Training (CVET)
Individual Learning Account (ILA) Scotland Individual Learning Account (ILA) Wales Workers Educational Association (WEA) centres
Governmental Departments
England - Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills Scotland - Department for Education and Lifelong Learning Wales - Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills Northern Ireland - Department of Education Department for Employment and Learning
Agencies
Alliance of Sector Skills Councils British Educational and Communications Technology Agency (BECTA) CEGNET Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK)
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) The Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL)
Employer and Employee Interests
Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Institute of Directors (IOD) The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Trades Union Congress (TUC)
Awarding and Accreditation Bodies
British Accreditation Council (BAC) City and Guilds Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Examinations Board Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) Welsh Joint Education Committee
Open, Distance and Lifelong Learning
Basic Skills Agency British Association for Open Learning (BAOL) National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) UK Skills
Quality
Investors in People (IIP) Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)
Education Exports
Education Market Intelligence (EMI) UK Trade & Investment
Government Departments and non-Departmental Public Bodies
Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Learning and Skills Council (LSC) National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE) Northern Ireland Office Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) Scottish Education and Training (SE+T) Scottish Further Education Unit (SFEU) Scottish Government The Learning and Skills Network (LSN) The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (SFC)
Providers of Education and Training
Association of Scottish Colleges Education UK English in Britain Study UK The Association of Colleges Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
Resources
Council for Learning Resources in Colleges (CoLRiC) Learndirect UK National Reference Point for Vocational Qualifications (UK NRP
International links
British Council Education UK Education UK Scotland Scotland’s Colleges International The International Education Site UK Council for International Student Affairs Universities Scotland
Scotland
Association of Scottish Colleges Education UK Scotland Scottish Further Education Unit Scottish Government The Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (SFC)
Wales
Association of Further Education Colleges in Wales Basic Skills Wales Education and Learning Wales Further Education Funding Council for Wales National Assembly for Wales Welsh Joint Education Committee (WJEC)
Northern Ireland
Association of Northern Ireland Colleges (ANIC) Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) The Department for Education in Northern Ireland (DENI) The Department for Employment and Learning (DELNI)
Sector Skills Councils The Alliance of Sector Skills Councils The British Chambers of Commerce The Confederation of British Industry The Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies (Semta) The Institute of Directors The Trades Union Congress
Edexcel England - The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) Northern Ireland - Council for the Curriculum Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (ACCAC) The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) Welsh Assembly Government
Information on Qualifications
Occupational Standards
National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs) The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)
Validation of Learning
Advanced level (A-Level) Apprenticeships BTECs, OCR Nationals Diplomas General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) Key Skills Modern Apprenticeships National Vocational Qualifications Work-Based Learning Scheme
Frameworks for Achievement and Progression
National Qualifications Framework
Quality Assurance Content
Estyn Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education Investors in People Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education Quality Improvement Agency The Education and Training Inspectorate The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (OFSTED)
Inspecting Institutions
England: The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED)
England:The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (OFSTED) Northern Ireland Education and Training Inspectorate Scotland: Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) Quality Improvement Agency Wales: Estyn
England
Department for Children, Schools and Families Department for Children, Schools and Families Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Northern Ireland
Colleges in Northern Ireland Education and Training Inspectorate
Scotland
All Scotland colleges Charter Mark Excellence Model Investors in People Standards and Quality in Further Education Quality Framework for Scottish FE Colleges
Wales
Department for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills Self-assessment
England
World Class Skills
Northern Ireland
Success Through Skills
Scotland
Lifelong Learning Policies
Wales
The Learning Country Lifelong Learning
Aimhigher Careers Scotland Careers Services Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) Directgov Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) Highlands and Islands Enterprise Learndirect Scottish Enterprise Skills Development Scotland
England
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform The National Federation of Enterprise Agencies The New Entrepreneur Scholarships The Small Business Advice Service
Northern Ireland
Department of Enterprise, Trade and InvestmentInvest Northern Ireland
Scotland
A Smart Successful ScotlandBusiness Enterprise ScotlandBusiness GatewayEnterprise Networks in ScotlandHighlands and Islands EnterpriseScottish EnterpriseScottish Enterprise and HighlandsScottish Government
Wales
Flexible Support for Business
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