Useful links

Adult Learning Inspectorate
Government funded body responsible for raising standards of education and training for young people and adults in England, by inspecting and reporting on the quality of learning provision they receive.

Association of Colleges London Region (AoCLR)
The website for the AoCLR, set up to extend access to further and adult education in London.

BBC learning for adults
Online learning, support and advice, including a step by step guide to returning to learning, information on the Open University and online learning courses.

DirectGov
Developed by the Department of Education and Skills (DfES) and partner organisations, this site brings together information that will help adult and potential learners make informed decisions about taking up learning.

Floodlight
A guide to all part-time and full-time courses run by government-funded colleges, universities and adult education centres in all the London boroughs.

Learndirect
Information and advice on over 700,000 courses from providers throughout the UK.

Skills Funding Agency
The Skills Funding Agency is responsible for funding and to regulate adult further education and skills training for over 16s in England.

Lifelong learning
Website promoting and advising people on continued learning; everything from further educations to family learning.

National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
NIACE is a non-governmental organisation working to increase the total number of adults in formal and informal learning in England and Wales; and at the same time to take positive action to improve opportunities and widen access to learning opportunities for those communities currently under-represented.

Open University
Promotes educational opportunity by providing high-quality university education to all.

Prospects
Offers education and support services for individuals, schools, colleges, universities, LEAs and government departments.

Travellers information service
The Travellers Achievement Service (TAS) advises and supports schools and other agencies concerned with the inclusion of the Traveller community in all levels of education within the borough.