Educational Groups
Universities UK
Higher education action group. The essential voice of all the UK universities.
http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/
Lifelong Learning Networks
This website is designed for everyone working within a Lifelong Learning Network (LLN) and will enable practitioners to share their experiences, access key documents, view details of upcoming events and find contact details for individual LLNs.
http://www.lifelonglearningnetworks.org.uk/
Higher Education Academy
To help institutions, discipline groups and all staff to provide the best possible learning experience for their students.
Association of Learning Providers
The Association of Learning Providers - To influence the education and training agenda.
http://www.learningproviders.org.uk/
British Institute of Learning & Development
To provide a centre of expertise for those involved in learning and development; enhancing professional growth, performance improvement and credibility.
Universities' Association for Lifelong Learning
The Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (UALL) is the professional association for the lifelong learning community within higher education.
The Council for Industry and Higher Education
CIHE is a high level partnership between leading people from a wide range of businesses, universities and colleges. The Council leads in developing an agreed agenda on the learning issues at higher education level that affect our international competitiveness, social cohesion and individual development.
http://www.cihe-uk.com/index.php
City and Guilds
City & Guilds work with a variety of HEIs to recognise and certificate the skills based elements of vocationally related programmes. The accreditation is through Senior Awards which are offered as part of City & Guilds royal charter qualifications. City & Guilds work with over 30 HEIs in the UK; primarily accrediting vocational skills for students on sandwich degrees, but also recognising skills in corporate and in house staff development programmes.
HESA
HESA is the central source for the collection and dissemination of statistics about publicly funded UK higher education.
Association for University Research and Industry Links
Association for University Research and Industry Links. Is the professional association representing all practitioners involved in knowledge creation, development and exchange in the UK and Ireland.
The Centre for Recording Achievement
The Centre aims to promote good practice in Recording Achievement and Personal Development planning across a variety of sectors.
CPD Certification Service
Established for fifteen years, the CPD Certification Service is an independent body operating across all market sectors and in support of all professional institutions. It role is to assess and accredit learning activities for CPD Certification on the provision that they contain educational value. Individuals who then undertake these activities can then use the certifcation as a formal contribution to their CPD portfolio's for their relevant professional body, institute or organisation.
