Useful Links

Here are some links to organisations that you may find useful. They include government departments, funding bodies, sector skills councils, quality improvement organisations and other bodies interested in TVET.

Government Department

Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS) www.DIUS.gov.uk
Department for Children, Schools & Families (DCSF) www.DCSF.gov.uk
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) www.DWP.gov.uk

Sector Skills Councils

Asset Skills www.assetskills.org
Automotive Skills www.automotiveskills.org.uk
Cogent www.cogent-ssc.com
Construction Skills www.cskills.org
Creative and Cultural Skills www.ccskills.org.uk
Energy and Utility Skills www.euskills.co.uk
e-skills UK www.e-skills.com
Financial Services Skills Council www.fssc.org.uk
GoSkills www.goskills.org
Government Skills www.government-skills.gov.uk
Improve Ltd www.improveltd.co.uk
Lantra www.lantra.co.uk
Lifelong Learning UK www.lifelonglearninguk.org
People 1st www.people1st.co.uk
Proskills UK www.proskills.co.uk
SEMTA www.semta.org.uk
Skillfast-UK www.skillfast-uk.org
Skills for Care and Development www.skillsforcareanddevelopment.org.uk
Skills for Health www.skillsforhealth.org.uk
Skills for Justice www.skillsforjustice.com
Skills for Logisitics www.skillsforlogistics.org
SkillsActive www.skillsactive.com
Skillset www.skillset.org
Skillsmart Retail www.skillsmartretail.com
SummitSkills www.summitskills.org.uk

Others

Learning and Skills Council (LSC) www.lsc.gov.uk
Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) www.hefce.ac.uk
Association of Colleges (AOC) www.aoc.co.uk
Association of Learning Providers (ALP) www.learningproviders.org.uk
National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE) www.niace.org.uk
157 Group www.157group.co.uk
The Association of National Specialist Colleges (NATSPEC) www.natspec.org.uk
Land-based Colleges Aspiring to Excellence (Landex) www.landex.org.uk
Sixth Form Colleges Forum (SFCF) www.sfcf.lge.gov.uk
Single Voice www.feselfregulation.org.uk
The British Council www.britishcouncil.org
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) www.cedefop.europa.eu
National Inquiry into Lifelong Learning www.niace.org.uk/lifelonglearninginquiry
Learning and Skills Development Agency  www.lsda.org.uk
National Skills Academies  www.nationalskillsacademy.co.uk
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority  www.qca.org.uk
Quality Assurance Agency www.qaa.ac.uk