Training Resources: Links to useful websites
This section of the West London Network website has information of interest to training providers, to help them in their work.
Adult Learning Inspectorate
The ALI inspects and reports on the quality of education and training for
adults and young people funded by public money. We can also be commissioned
to inspect private training provision in the UK and overseas.
Age Positive
A team working in the Department for Work and Pensions, responsible for strategy
and policies to support people making decisions about working and retirement.
British Institute of Learning Disabilities
BILD is committed to improving the quality of life for the 1.2 million people
in the UK with a learning disability.
Commission for Racial Equality
CRE is the organisation reponsible for monitoring and enforcing the Race Relations
Act in England.
Council for Learning Resources in College
CoLRiC is an independent organisation dedicated to enhancing and maintaining
excellence in learning resources services in colleges throughout the United
Kingdom and Ireland.
Croner
Commercial provider of business information, advice and support. Publishes
over 250 information packages in the areas of compliance and best practice.
Current Education Research in the UK
CERUK is an online database of current or on-going research in education
and related disciplines. It includes commissioned research and PhD theses,
across all phases of education from early years to adults.
Dept for Education & Skills
Government department that aims to give children an excellent start in education,
enable young people to equip themselves with life and work skills, and encourage
adults to achieve their full potential through learning.
Dept for Education &
Skills: Read Write Plus
Information and advice on all aspects of implementing Skills for Life.
Dept for Education & Skills: Standards Unit
Department of Trade and Industry
Government department which helps people and companies become more productive
by promoting enterprise, innovation and creativity.
Disability Rights Commission
The DRC is an independent body established by Act of Parliament to stop
discrimination and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people.
Equal Opportunities Commission
The leading agency working to eliminate sex discrimination in 21st Century
Britain.
FENTO
Leads the professional development of all those who work in the field
of lifelong learning.
FE Resources for Learning
FERL is an advice and guidance service supporting individuals and organisations
in making effective use of information learning technologies within the post-compulsory
education sector.
Health and Safety Executive
The HSE is responsible for the regulation of almost all the risks to health
and safety arising from work activity in Britain.
Key Skills Support Programme
Helps colleagues in work-based training providers, schools and colleges to
improve the quality of key skills provision and to support the preparation
of young people for the key skills qualifications.
Learning and Skills Development Agency
Aim to improve the quality of post-16 education and training in the UK,
through research, shaping education policy and support programmes for organisations
delivering post-16 education and training.
Learning and Skills Council
The LSC exists to make England better skilled and more competitive. Their
goal is to improve the skills of England's young people and adults to make
sure we have a workforce of world-class standards.
Lifeling Learning UK
The sector skills council (SSC) established by the sector's employers to lead
the professional development of all those who work in the field of lifelong
learning.
National Institute of Adult Continuing
Education
Non-governmental organisation working for more and different adult learners.
Office for Standards in Education
Ofsted is a non-ministerial government department responsible for the
inspection of all schools in England, whether state or independent. It also
inspects local education authorities, teacher training institutions and youth
work.
Support for Success Quality Improvement Programme
The s4s programme is for LSC funded providers in further education, work-based
learning and adult and community learning.
UFI
The organisation responsible for learndirect, the largest government-backed
supported e-learning initiative in the world, learndirect advice and UK online.