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United Kingdom

UK Government sites:

NIACE is not responsible for the content of external websites.
bulletDepartment for Innovation, Universities and Skills
www.dius.gov.uk
 
bullet Lifelong Learning
bullet Worktrain - The National Jobs and Learning Site
bulletThe Department for Children, Schools and Families (formerly The Department for Education and Skills)
Main site for the UK Department of State with primary responsible for improving the focus on all aspects of policy affecting children and young people, as part of the Government’s aim to deliver educational excellence.
www.dcsf.gov.uk
 
bulletGet On Campaign
bullet readwriteplus - The Skills for Life Strategy
bulletThe Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform  (formerly The Department for Trade and Industry)
www.berr.gov.uk
bulletThe Department for Work and Pensions
www.dwp.gov.uk
bulletThe Department of Heath
www.doh.gov.uk
bulletDepartment for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
www.communities.gov.uk
bulletThe Department for Culture, Media and Sport
www.culture.gov.uk
bulletDirectgov 
The entry point to UK government information and services online.
www.direct.gov.uk
bulletHM Treasury  www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
bullet Leitch Review of Skills
bulletThe National  Assembly for Wales
www.wales.gov.uk
bulletThe Northern Ireland Office
www.nio.gov.uk
bulletThe Scottish Office
www.scotland.gov.uk

 

Other useful UK sites (A-Z)

bulletThe Adult and Community Learning Quality Support Programme (A NIACE / LSDA partnership)
www.qualityacl.org.uk
bulletThe Adult Learning Inspectorate
www.ali.gov.uk
bulletAdult Residential Colleges Association (ARCA)
www.arca.uk.net 
bulletThe Alliance of Sector Skills Councils
www.sscalliance.org .
bulletapprenticeships.org.uk (A specialist LSC site)
www.apprenticeships.org.uk/
bulletAssociation of Colleges
www.aoc.co.uk 
bulletBasic Skills Agency
www.basic-skills.co.uk
bulletBBC Learning (British Broadcasting Corporation Learning homepage)
www.bbc.co.uk/learning
 
bulletBBC 'Working' Series website (programmes on the Learning Zone that
support learning for all those who want to get into or on in work)
bullet www.bbclearning.com
online and distance learning courses from the world’s top universities
bullet www.bbcstudies.com
video resources from the world’s largest educational TV archive, incorporating a full licence to use in education and training.
bulletBECTa (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency)
www.becta.org.uk
bulletCampaign for Learning
www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk
bulletCampaign for Learning in Museums and Galleries (clmg)
www.clmg.org.uk
bulletCentre for Excellence in Leadership
www.centreforexcellence.org.uk
bulletThe Centre for Research into the Older Workforce (CROW)
www.olderworkforce.org.uk
bulletChartered Institute of Personnel and Development
www.cipd.co.uk
bulletCILT, the National Centre for Languages
www.cilt.org.uk
bulletCity & Guilds
www.cityandguilds.com
 
bulletCentre for Skills Development
bulletCommission of Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning (Sponsored by NIACE)
www.lifelonglearninginquiry.org.uk
bulletConfederation of British Industry
www.cbi.org.uk
bulletContinYou (Formerly CEDC)
www.continyou.org.uk
bulletDevelopment Education Association (DEA)
www.dea.org.uk
bulletESOL Citizenship Pack (A NIACE project website)
www.esolcitizenship.org.uk
bulletEducational Guidance Service for Adults (EGSA)
www.egsa.org.uk
bulletGetting Connected
www.gettingconnected.org.uk
bulletFramework for Excellence website (An LSC website)
http://ffe.lsc.gov.uk
bullet Further Education Research Association
www.fera.uk.net
bulletHelena Kennedy Foundation
www.hkf.org.uk
bullet HERO: Index of Further Education Colleges
www.hero.ac.uk/reference_resources/fe_colleges3786.cfm
bullet HERO: Index of Universities and Colleges
www.hero.ac.uk/uk/universities___colleges/hei_listing.cfm
bulletHigher Education Funding Council for England
www.hefce.ac.uk
bulletIDeA Knowledge (The Improvement & Development Agency)
www.idea.gov.uk/knowledge/
bulletinfed (The Informal Education Homepage)
www.infed.org/
bulletlearndirect (national telephone helpline)
www.learndirect.co.uk
bulletLearning and Skills Council
 www.lsc.gov.uk
 
bullet Our Future. It's in our hands (The LSC's Skills Campaign)
http://inourhands.lsc.gov.uk/
bulletThe Learning and Skills Network (A successor to LSDA)
www.lsneducation.org.uk
bulletLearning Link Scotland
www.learninglinkscotland.org.uk
bulletLifelong Learning UK
www.lifelonglearninguk.org
bulletLocal Education Authorities (a directory on the DfES website)
www.dfes.gov.uk/leas
bulletLocal Government Association
www.lga.gov.uk
bulletLondon Skills and Employment Baord
bulletMy Web, My Way (A BBC site on making the web easier to use)
bulletNational Association of Managers of Student Services in colleges
 www.namss.org.uk
bulletNational Literacy Trust
www.literacytrust.org.uk
bulletNational Open College Network (NOCN)
www.nocn.org.uk
bulletNational Research and Development Centre for adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC)
www.nrdc.org.uk
bulletNational Training Awards
www.NationalTrainingAwards.com 
bulletNational Union of Students
www.nusonline.co.uk
bulletThe Network (formerly the Workplace Basic Skills Network)
www.thenetwork.co.uk
bulletNIACE Dysgu Cymru
www.niacedc.org.uk
bulletThe Numeracy Energiser Project (A NIACE project website)
www.numeracyenergiser.org.uk
bulletOffenderlearning.net
www.offenderlearning.net
bulletOffice for Standards in Education (OFSTED)
www.ofsted.gov.uk
bulletThe Open and Distance Learning Quality Council (ODLQC)
www.odlqc.org.uk
bulletOpenlearn (An Open University website offering free learning materials)
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
bulletThe Open University
 www.openuniversity.co.uk/niace
bulletQuality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)
www.qaa.ac.uk
bulletQuality Improvement Agency (A successor to LSDA)
www.qia.org.uk
bulletQualifications and Curriculum Agency (QCA)
www.qca.org.uk
bulletScottish Adult Learning Partnership (SALP)
www.salp.org.uk
bulletSpondoolies (A NIACE forum for all those engaged in financial learning for adults)
www.spondoolies.org.uk
bulletStanding Conference of Principals (SCOP)
www.scop.ac.uk
bulletTES College Manager & FE Focus
www.tesfefocus.co.uk
bulletTrades Union Congress (TUC)
bulletLearning Services (A specialist TUC site)
www.learningservices.org.uk
bulletTUC website
www.tuc.org.uk
bulletTribal
www.tribalgroup.co.uk
bulletUfi
www.ufi.com
bulletUK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES)
www.ukces.org.uk/
bulletUNESCO (UK National Commission for UNESCO)
www.unesco.org.uk
bulletThe Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (Formerly UACE)
www.uall.ac.uk
bulletUniversities UK (Formerly the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals)
www.universitiesuk.ac.uk
bulletUniversity and College Union (UCU)
www.ucu.org.uk/
bulletVCS Learning Links (A NIACE project website)
www.vcslearninglinks.org.uk
bulletVoluntary Arts Network
www.voluntaryarts.org
bulletVoluntary Sector Skills
www.voluntarysectorskills.org.uk
bulletWorkers' Educational Association (WEA)
www.wea.org.uk
bulletWidening Participation in Learning
www.wideningparticipation.nhs.uk
bulletWider Benefits of Learning
www.learningbenefits.net

 

International Sites (A -Z)

bulletACFE - The Adult, Community and Further Education Board of Victoria , Australia
www.acfe.vic.gov.au/
bulletAdult Learning Australia (formerly the Australian Association of Adult and Community Education)
www.ala.asn.au
bulletAmerican Association for Adult Continuing Education
www.aaace.org
bulletAONTAS: The Irish National Association of Adult Education
bulletASTD Virtual Community (The American Society for Training and Development)
www.astd.org/
bulletCommonwealth of Learning
www.col.org
bulletEuropean Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA)
www.eaea.org
bulletEuropean Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)
www.cedefop.eu.int/
bulletERDI  (The Consortium of European Research and Development Institutes of Adult Education)
www.die-frankfurt.de/erdi/index.htm
bulletEuropean Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA)
www.esrea.org
bulletEuropean Union (gateway site)
http://europa.eu.int/index-en.htm
bulletGerman Institute for Adult Education
www.die-bonn.de
bulletInternational Council for Adult Education
www.icea.org.uy
bulletThe Japan Society for the Study of Adult and Community Education
wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jssace/index-e.html
bulletLearning Resources Network (LERN) (USA-based)
www.lern.org
bulletNational Centre for Vocational Educational  Research (NCVER) - (Australian site)
www.ncver.edu.au
bullet Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
http://www.oise.utoronto.ca
bulletOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
www.oecd.org
bulletSlovenian Institute for Adult Education
http://siae.acs.si
bulletThe Training Village  - specialist CEDEFOP site
www.trainingvillage.gr
bulletUNESCO
www.unesco.org
bulletUNESCO Institute for Education
www.unesco.org/education/uie

 

Links elsewhere on this site:

bulletLinks to organisations relating to Older learners (over -50s)
bulletLinks to organisations relating to Black and ethnic minority learners
bulletLinks to organisations relating to Health and Disability Equality
bulletLinks to organisations relating to Literacy, Language and Numeracy
bulletLinks to organisations relating to Young adults
bulletLinks to organisations who are corporate members of NIACE

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If your organisation is concerned with lifelong learning and you would you like NIACE to consider including a link to your site, or if any link on this page becomes outdated, please e-mail us at webmaster@niace.org.uk

NIACE is devising formal criteria for including links on this page. Until they are finalised, we are happy to flag up the above sites on an ad-hoc basis. Their inclusion does not imply endorsement by NIACE. Please note, we reserve the right to remove any link at any time. 

 

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