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Acronyms Not another acronym! If you have just come across another set of letters about an organisation in education, you can look it up on the Lifelong Learning UK website. Website www.lifelonglearninguk.org/help/acronyms.html Association for Learning Technology ALT Administration, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP Telephone 01865 484125 Fax 01865 484165 Email [email protected] Website www.alt.ac.uk The Basic Skills Agency 1-19 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1NU Telephone 020 7405 4017 Website www.basic-skills.co.uk Centre for Research Education & Training in Energy Kenley House, 25 Bridgeman Terr, Wigan, Lancs WN1 1TD Telephone 01942 322271 Fax 01941 322273 Email [email protected] Website www.create.org.uk City & Guilds of London Institute 1 Giltspur Street, London EC1A 9DD Telephone 020 7294 2468 Fax 020 7294 2400 Email [email protected] Website www.city-and-guilds.co.uk Confederation of Education and Children's Services Managers Website www.confed.org.uk Edexcel Foundation Stewart House, 32 Russell Sq, London WC1B 5DN Telephone 020 7393 4500 Fax 020 7393 4501 Email [email protected] Website www.edexcel.org.uk Education 2000 Newton Regis, Tamworth B79 0NH Telephone 01827 830507 Fax 01827 830807 Email [email protected] Website www.education2000.co.uk Equality Challenge Unit Organisation promoting equal opportunities in higher education 3rd Floor 4 Tavistock Place London WC1H 9RA Telephone 020 7520 7060 Fax 020 7520 7060 Email [email protected] Website www.ecu.ac.uk Further Education Development Agency Unit 3, Citadel Pla, Tinworth Street, London SE11 5EH Telephone 020 7840 5400 Fax 020 7840 5401 Coombe Lodge, Blagdon, Bristol BS18 6RG Telephone 01761 462503 Fax 01761 463140 Email [email protected] Website www.feda.ac.uk Higher Education Academy Genesis 3, Innovation Way, York Science Park, Heslington, York YO10 5DQ Telephone 01904 717500 Fax 01904 717505 Email[email protected] Website www.heacademy.ac.uk Higher Education Information Services Trust The Coach House, 184 Otley Road, Leeds LS16 5L Telephone 0113 226 5858 Fax 0113 226 7878 Email [email protected] Website www.heist.co.uk Higher Education Staff Development Agency (HESDA) Ingram House, University of Sheffield, 65 Wilkinson Street, Sheffield S10 2GJ Telephone 0114 2221335 Fax 0114 2221333 Email [email protected] Website www.hesda.org.uk Higher Education Statistics Agency 18 Royal Crescent, Cheltenham, Glos GL50 3DA Telephone 01242 255 577 Fax 01242 232 648 Email [email protected] Website www.hesa.ac.uk Joint Council for General Qualifications Email [email protected] Website www.jcgq.org.uk/ League for Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers Commonwealth House, 7 Lion Yd, Tremadoc Road, London SW4 7NQ Telephone 020 7496 1101 Fax 020 7720 5403 Email [email protected] Learning and Skills Council National office Cheylesmore House Quinton Road Coventry CV1 2WT Telephone 0870 900 6800 Fax 024 7649 3600 Email [email protected] Website www.lsc.gov.uk Making a complaint against the LSC or providers funded by them. Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) 5th Floor, St Andrew’s House, 18-20 St Andrew Street, London EC4A 3AY Telephone 0870 757 7890 Helpline 0870 757 7898 Fax 0870 757 7889 Email [email protected] Website www.lifelonglearninguk.org LLUK consolidates former national training organisations FENTO, PAULO, HESDA and ISNTO into a single organisation. Lifelong Learning UK Helpline Free helpline offering specialist advice on all aspects of working in the lifelong learning sector available 9am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday Telephone 020 7936 5798 Email [email protected] Learning Curve (The) Web page for BBC Radio 4's eponymous radio programme. Includes a message board. Website www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/learningcurve.shtml Map of UK universities and colleges University of Wolverhampton’s interactive map (HE and FE versions) showing all UK universities & colleges with links to relevant information for each. Website www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo/ National Association for Pastoral Care in Education NAPCE Base, Institute of Education, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL Telephone 01203 523810 Fax 01203 524110 Email [email protected] Website - www.warwick.ac.uk/wie/napce National Association of Staff Development in Post-16 Education 36 Kimbolton Avenue, Bedford MK40 3AA Telephone/fax 01234 309678 Email [email protected]
National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education Newcombe House, 45 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3JB Telephone 020 7243 9489 National Council for Educational Technology for the United Kingdom Millburn Hill Road, Science Pk, Coventry CV4 7EZ Telephone 01203 416994 Email [email protected] Website www.becta.org.uk National Council for Vocational Qualifications 222 Euston Road, London NW1 2BZ Telephone 020 7387 9898 National Educational Video Library Arfon House, Bontnewydd, Caernarvon, Gwynned LL54 7UN Telephone/Fax 01286 676001
National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales The Mere, Upton Pk, Slough, Berks, SL1 2DQ Telephone 01753 574123 Fax 01753 691632 Email [email protected] Website www.nfer.ac.uk
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education 21 De Montfort Street, Leicester LE1 7GE Telephone 0116 204 4200 Fax 0116 285 4514 Email [email protected] Website www.niace.org.uk National Postgraduate Committee c/o University of Surrey Students' Union, Union House, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH Telephone: 01483 683921 / 07881 845833 Fax: 01483 534749 Email: [email protected] Website www.npc.org.uk National Society for Education in Art and Design The Gatehouse, Corsham Court, Corsham, Wiltshire SN13 0BZ Telephone 01249 714825 Fax 01249 716138 Email [email protected] Website www.nsead.org Oxford, Cambridge and Royal Society of Arts Examinations Board (OCR) Westwood Way, Westwood Business Park, Coventry CV4 8HS Telephone 01203 470033 Fax 01203 421944 Email [email protected] Website www.ocr.org.uk QAA - Quality Assurance Association for Higher Education Southgate House, Southgate Street, Gloucester GL1 1UB Telephone 01452 557000 Fax 01452 557070 Email [email protected] Website www.qaa.ac.uk Simplified Spelling Society Web site www.spellingsociety.org Skill: National Bureau for Students with Disabilities Chapter House, 18-20 Crucifix Lane, London SE1 3JW Telephone/Minicom 020 7450 0620 Fax 020 7450 0650 Email [email protected] Information Service Telephone 0800 328 5050 Minicom 0800 068 2422 Email [email protected] Website www.skill.org.uk Society for Research into HE (SRHE) 3 Devonshire Street, London W1N 2BA Telephone 020 7637 2766 Fax 020 7637 2781 Email [email protected] Website www.srhe.ac.uk Standing Committee for the Education and Training of Teachers 27 Britannia Street, London WC1X 9JP Telephone 020 7837 3636 Fax 020 7837 4403 Website www.scett.org.uk Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) Selly Wick House, 59/61 Selly Wick Road, Selly Park, Birmingham B29 7JE Telephone 0121 415 6801 Fax 0121 415 6802 Website www.seda.ac.uk Universities Council for the Education of Teachers 58 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0NT Telephone 020 7580 8000 Fax 020 7323 0577 Website www.ucet.ac.uk UKCOSA: The Council for International Affairs 9-17 St Albans Place, London N1 0NX Telephone 020 7226 3762 Fax 020 7226 3373 Email [email protected] Website www.ukcosa.org/uk Universities & Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) PO Box 28, Cheltenham, Glos GL50 3SA Telephone 01242 222444 Fax 01242 221622 Web site www.ucas.ac.uk University for Industry (Ufi) Ufi Ltd is the organisation responsible for learndirect and UK online. UfI Ltd, Dearing House, 1 Young Street, SheffieldS1 4UP Telephone 0114 291 5000 Fax 0114 291 5001 Web site http://www.ufi.com Workers' Educational Association 17 Victoria Park Square, London E2 9PB Telephone 020 8983 1515 Fax 020 8983 4840 Email [email protected] Website www.wea.org.uk World University Service (UK) 14 Dufferin Street, London EC1Y 8PD Telephone 020 7426 5800 Fax 020 7251 1314 Email [email protected]
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