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Agencies

JANET Information
Learning and Skills Development Agency - previously known as the Further Education Development Agency (FEDA).

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Curriculum Resources, Information and Practice

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BBC Learning - explore, participate, learn.
BIDS - The Bath Information Data Service allows you to search 14,388,056 articles from 27,712 publications. From inside the college the username is: wecresources and the password is: @college. If you wish to access this resource from outside the college please contact library@west-cheshire.ac.uk.
BUBL education - provides value-added access to educational Internet resources.
Education Index - an annotated guide to education-related sites sorted by subject and lifestage.
Education-line - Education-line is a freely accessible database of the full text of conference papers, working papers and electronic literature which supports educational research, policy and practice.
MIT Open Courseware - all of the course materials from every Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] undergraduate and graduate course. Syllabi, course calendars, lecture notes, assignments and exams.
Puzzlemaker from DiscoverySchool - gives you the tools to make many different puzzles online - create your own hidden word search.
RDN Virtual Training Suite - a set of online tutorials designed to help students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information skills.
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Education

 
Further Education

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AoC: Association of Colleges
BBC Learning - Further Education
C0LRiC - Council for Learning Resources in Colleges.
Further Education for the New Millennium - The Government's Response to "Learning Works" - The report of the Further Education Funding Council's committee on widening participation in Further Education, chaired by Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws
Further Education National Consortium - FENC membership allows you to use, create and customise lesson plans, learning resources, integrated learning solutions and FENC learning solutions within your VLE.
Learning and Skills Council - The Learning and Skills Council is responsible for all post-16 education and training.
Learning and Skills Development Agency - The Learning and Skills Development Agency is a strategic national resource for the development of policy and practice in post-16 education and training. The Agency was previously known as the Further Education Development Agency (FEDA).
NILTA - The National Information and Learning Technologies Association. NILTA provides a focal point for the development and promotion of information and learning technologies in colleges in the Further Education sector in the United Kingdom.

TES FE Focus - the education newspaper online.

Government

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Directgov - the latest and widest range of public services and government information for the UK.
DfES - Department for Education and Skills - formerly: DfEE Department for Education and Employment.
Further Education for the New Millennium - the Government's Response to "Learning Works" - The report of the Further Education Funding Council's committee on widening participation in Further Education, chaired by Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws.
Learning to succeed - briefing on the 1998 White Paper on post-16 education and training.

Higher Education

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ECCTIS - provides information on universities and colleges of Further and Higher education.
Staff Educational Development Association - SEDA is the professional association for staff and educational developers in the UK, promoting innovation and good practice in higher education.
UCAS - University and College Course Directory.
University Guide - EducationGuardian.co.uk's interactive guide to universities and colleges is the most comprehensive source of information on the UK's academic sector, covering some 60,000 vital statistics on 150 universities and colleges.
U.S. Universities, Alphabetic
World Universities: Yahoo

Inspection

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OFSTED - the Office for Standards in Education - In 2001, OFSTED took responsibility for inspecting all 16-19 education and training in sixth form and further education colleges.
OFSTED Inspection Reports - full text of OFSTED reports.
QAA - The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Qualifications

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AQA - The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance
Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)
Edexcel Foundation - examining and awarding bodies in the UK and throughout
the world.
National Open College Network - NOCN.
OCR Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, The
Reports

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Further Education for the New Millennium - The Government's Response to "Learning Works" - The report of the Further Education Funding Council's committee on widening participation in Further Education, chaired by Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws: DfEE, 1998.
Higher Education in the Learning Society - "The Dearing Report", 1997".
QCA: Information and communication technology 2003/4 annual report on curriculum and assessment - This report is based on the activities to investigate curriculum, assessment and qualifications issues in information and communication technology October 2004

Training / Learning Opportunities

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Learndirect
UK Lifelong Learning - a web site for the encouragement, promotion and development of lifelong learning. Lifelong Learning is supported by the Access to Learning for Adults Division of the Department for Education and Skills.
Coxhoe School - An excellent site from Coxhoe School in County Durham with links and activities in all curriculum areas.

Links checked 19-01-06

 

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