External links for Further & Higher Education
News/information:
Diplomas/14-19
Vocational learning: Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF)
QIA Excellence Gateway
Talisman, the Ofsted newspaper for the learning and skills sector
14-19 Gateway Guidance
www.dcsf.gov.uk/14-19
Foundation Learning Tier
Institute for Learning
Skills Strategy Web site (DCSF/DIUS)
Welsh Skills
Latest education news (BBC)
Latest news from DCFS
European Qualifications Framework (EQF)
Leitch Review/Skills Strategy (2007):
Government publishes new skills ambitions (DIUS)
World Class Skills: Implementing the Leitch Review of Skills in England
Leitch Review
Foster Review (November 2005)
TSN
Teacher Support Line: Lecturers
College and University Support Network (CUSN)
Higher Education
Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England, Wales & Northern Ireland
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS (previously BERR)
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
Institute of Learning and Teaching (ILT)
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)
Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA)
Universities UK
Further Education
DCFS Further Education page
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (previously DIUS)
Learning & Skills Gateway
Adult Learning Inspectorate
Further Educational National Training Organisation (FENTO)
Learndirect Careers Advice Service (learndirect Careers Advice)
Learning and Skills Council
Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA):
Quality Improvement Agency (QIA): www.qia.org.uk
Learning and Skills Network (LSN): www.lsda.org.uk/lsn
Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS)
Learning and Skills Network
Modern Apprenticeships
Ofsted Ofsted: College inspections
QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority)
openQUALS (QCA’s searchable database of accredited qualifications)
Success for All
Association of Colleges
Teachers’ Pensions (England & Wales)
Technical and Vocational Education and Training UK (TVET UK)
Scotland
Scottish Government: Education and Training
Learndirect Scotland
Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (SFC)
Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)
Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF)
Wales
ACCAC
WAG: Education and Skills / LCC: Addysg a sgiliau
Northern Ireland
Department of Education Northern Ireland
CCEA (Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment)
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