Useful Links
Financial Support
- Directgov
- Visit Directgov to find a course, and for information about financial support, training and workplace learning and how you can fit learning around your lifestyle.
- Train to Gain
- Train to Gain is the national skills Service that support employers of all sizes and in all sectors to improve the skills of their employees as a route to improving business performance.
- Learning and Skills Council
- The LSC is a non-departmental public body responsible for planning and funding high quality education and training for everyone in England other than those in universities.
Careers Advice
- Careers Advice (formerly Learndirect)
- Runs a nationwide network of learning centres offering online courses, in accessible places like sports clubs, leisure centres, churches and libraries
- Nextstep
- Funded by the Learning and Skills Council, and launched in 2004, nextstep is the brand name for face-to-face information and advice services, which are offered free to adults over 20 years of age wanting to learn new skills, retrain or gain new qualifications and improve their career prospects.
- Worktrain
- Offers a range of jobs and training courses for adults wanting to improve their skills.
Qualifications
- Apprenticeships
- Apprentices learn on the job, building up knowledge and skills, gaining qualifications and earning money all at the same time
- Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
- Works to maintain and develop the school curriculum and associated assessment, and to accredit and monitor qualifications in schools, colleges and at work.
- Business Link
- Business Link gives practical impartial help and advice to businesses. Easy access to objective information and support.
Learning Advice
- BBC Learning Website
- Offers online learning, support and advice.
- British Chambers of Commerce
- The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is the national body for a powerful and influential Network of Accredited Chambers of Commerce across the UK
- The Learning and Skills Network (LSN)
- An independent not-for-profit organisation committed to making a difference to education and training
- The National Skills Academy Network
- A network of employer-led, world-class centres of excellence delivering the skills required by each sector of the economy.
- Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS previously known as the Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) and Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL))
- This is the sector-owned body for the development dedicated to the development of the further education and skills sector - the body is a merge of QIA and CEL.
Literacy and Numeracy
- BBC Skillswise
- Games, quizzes and more to help you improve your literacy and numeracy
- Get On Campaign
- For information about the Government
- Move On
- Move On is a national project aiming offering Level 1 and 2 learners the new national Certificate in Adult Literacy and numeracy with a free brush-up course, aiming to reach new learners who don
- National Institute for Adult Continuing Education and Learning
- Non-government organisation for adult learning in England and Wales. Provides resources and e-mail discussion groups for debate and the sharing of good practice.
- The National Literacy Trust
- The National Literacy Trust