Resources

ABC Awards
The ABC Awards national operation is supported through its four offices based at Chorley, Nottingham, Reading and Taunton, all providing a full range of assessment services to centres.

Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI)
The Adult Learning Inspectorate is a government funded body responsible for raising the standards of education and training for young people and adults in England, by inspecting and reporting on the quality of learning provision they receive.

Beacon Awards
UK Skills is an independent organisation which champions skills and learning for work through competitions, awards and events.

British Educational Communications & Technology Agency -
Becta is the Government's key partner in the strategic development and delivery of its information and communications technology (ICT) and e-learning strategy for the schools and the learning and skills sectors.

Commission for Racial Equality
The Commission for Racial Equality is a publicly funded, non-governmental body set up under the Race Relations Act 1976 to tackle racial discrimination and promote racial equality.

Department for Education & Skills (DfES)
The Department for Education and Skills was established with the purpose of creating opportunity, releasing potential and achieving excellence for all.

Environment Agency
"We are the leading public body for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. It's our job to make sure that air, land and water are looked after by everyone in today's society, so that tomorrow's generations inherit a cleaner, healthier world." Sir John Harman, Chairman.

European Social Fund
On 30 October 2006, Work and Pensions Minister James Plaskitt launched a consultation on how €2.75 billion of European Social Fund money will be invested in jobs and skills in England over the next seven years.

FE Jobs
A new website for jobs in Further Education, developed in association with the Association of Colleges (AoC), by Eteach.com

FE News
We specialise in providing up to the minute news and features about Further Education across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, including Colleges, Training Providers, Awarding Bodies, Funding Bodies, Apprenticeships and Inspections.

Financing Retirement

A Website focused on preparing for and financing your way through retirement.

Government Office South East (GOSE)
The Government Office for the South East (GOSE) represents central government in the South East, particularly the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; the Departments for Education and Skills; Trade and Industry; Transport; Culture, Media and Sport; Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; the Home Office. GOSE works to influence contract and develop government programmes and initiatives at a regional and local level, by working in partnership with relevant organisations to meet local needs

Investors in People
Investors in People UK was established in 1993 to provide national ownership of the Investors in People Standard and is responsible for its promotion and branding, quality assurance and development.

Italian Teachers' Forum
Information Exchange for Italian teachers

JISC Regional Support Centre South East
The JISC Regional Support Centres exist to support the institutions of the FE sector, including specialist colleges, to realise their ambitions in deployment of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in order to achieve their institutional mission. The network of JISC Regional Support Centres will operate as a national service responsive to local needs through a strong sense of local ownership.

Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) supports further and higher education by providing strategic guidance, advice and opportunities to use Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to support teaching, learning, research and administration

Learning & Skills Development Agency (LSDA)
LSDAs mission is to improve the quality of post-16 education and training in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Lifelong Learning UK
Lifelong Learning UK is the sector skills council for lifelong learning. It is responsible for workforce planning and for leading professional development in a workforce of more than 1 million people working in libraries, archives and information services, work-based learning, higher education, further education and community learning and development.

LSC CoVE Guidance
The CoVE programme is central to the Learning and Skills Council's task of improving skills for employment and national competitiveness. The programme is primarily focused on delivering skills at level 3 and will enable the development, maintenance and delivery of high quality, specialist provision across a range of vocational areas

National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
NIACE is a non-governmental organisation working for more and different adult learners.

Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)
Ofsted is a non-ministerial government department established under the Education (Schools) Act 1992 to take responsibility for the inspection of all schools in England. Its role also includes the inspection of local education authorities, teacher training institutions and youth work. During 2001, Ofsted became responsible for inspecting all 16-19 education and for the regulation of early years childcare, including childminders.

QAA
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education with responsibility for all HE inspections.

Qualifications & Curriculum Authority (QCA)
QCA maintains and develops the national curriculum and associated assessments, tests, and examinations; and accredits and monitors qualificationsin colleges and at work.

Regional Action & Involvement in the South East (RAISE)
RAISE is the representative body for Voluntary and Community organisations in South East England.

Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA)
The Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) funds, supports and champions the new UK-wide network of influential employer-led Sector Skills Councils (SSCs).

Skills Insight
The Skills Insight Website provides a central resource of skills an economic related intelligence.

South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)
SEEDA is responsible for the economic and social development of the South East - the driving force of the UK's economy.

Success for All
Success for All is the long-term reform strategy to develop the high-quality, demand-led, responsive colleges and providers we need in the learning and skills sector.

TechDis
TechLearn provides advice and support on new and emerging technologies for learning and teaching

The Association of Colleges (AoC)
The Association was created in 1996 as the single voice to promote the interests of further education colleges in England and Wales.

The Basic Skills Agency
The Basic Skills Agency manage many post-16 programmes contributing to raising standards of literacy, numeracy and language. These include initiatives to improve the training of teachers and to open up opportunities in the workplace and community.

The BBC Learning Homepage
The BBC website contains over half a million pages of news, entertainment and factual material.

The Disability Rights Commision
The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) is an independent body established in April 2000 by Act of Parliament to stop discrimination and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.

The Equal Opportunities Commission
The Equal Opportunities Commission is the leading agency working to eliminate sex discrimination in 21st Century Britain. If women and men had equal chances in life, things would be different. We're working on it…

The Learning & Skills Council (National)
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is responsible for funding and planning education and training for over 16-year-olds in England.

The National Learning Network (NLN)
The National Learning Network was set up to transform the post-16 learning environment and increase the uptake of ICT and e-learning across the sector.