Education Higher and Further Education
Below are some useful links about Higher and Further Education on Education:
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| Aim Higher - Aims to help people obtain better qualifications, offering information and advice for parents, prospective students and those already in work. Includes news, resources, leaflet request. |
| British Universities Film and Video Council - Promotes moving images for teaching and research in higher and further education. Includes news and events, researcher's guide, television and radio index, newsreels, HERMES database, services, sales and Viewfinder magazine. |
| The Council for Industry and Higher Education - Partnership between leading people from a wide range of businesses, universities and colleges in the UK. Includes news, details of key themes, publications, and official responses to consultations and other organisations. |
| Courses and Careers UK: Opportunities for School and College Leavers - Offers information about Higher Education plus free university contact service for prospective students. Includes articles, list of college and university websites, and advertised course vacancies. |
| ECCTIS UK Course Discover - A national courses database containing over 100,000 further and higher education courses. Lists a search facility, news, students and teachers zone and contact information. |
| EDINA National Datacentre - Academic resource for users in higher and further education. Bibliographic databases, maps and mapping data, UK borders data, multimedia collections, and learning and teaching materials. |
| Educational Grants Advisory Service - Provides advice on sources of funding available for post-16 education and training within the UK. Services free to individual students. Includes affiliation details for organisations, guide to funding and trust funding. |
| Further Education National Consortium (FENC) - A useful resource for all those interested in further education. Offers a search facility, contact details and support section. |
| The Further Mathematics Network - Details and information about the Network, which provides and supports teaching of Further Mathematics AS and A-Level. |
| GuildHE - The representative body for higher education colleges in England and Northern Ireland, promoting HE colleges to government employers and other professional bodies and disseminating information and good practice to and about member institutions. News and events, group workings, membership, policy papers, and information and links. |
| Higher Education and Research Opportunities (HERO) - Official gateway to universities, colleges and research organisations. Information about institutions, studying, research, business, culture and sport. |
| Higher Education Statistics Agency - News, statistics, data collection, links and contact information. |
| JISC Joint Information Systems Committee - Promotes the innovative application and use of information systems and information technology in further and higher education. Lists opportunities, funding, issues and contact details. |
| Lambert Review of Business-University Collaboration - Independent review of how long-term links between business and British universities can be strengthened to the benefit of the UK's economy. |
| NVQ-UK.com - Development and delivery of work based education, training and assessment. Lists schemes offered and contact details. |
| Opendays.com - Directory of university and college open days. Offers calendars, open day descriptions, contact information and useful advice. |
| Quality Improvement Agency - Set up by the government as part of the learning and skills Success for All programme, the agency aims to guide improvement in the furthere education sector. Research, reports, articles and other relevant information. |
| RA Review - Joint funding bodies’ review of research assessment exercise RAE2001: summary of responses, conclusions. |
| RAE 2008 - The sixth Research Assessment Exercise for UK research, determining the selective distribution of public funds by the four UK higher education funding bodies. Details of the assessment, including a provisional timetable. |
| Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2001 - Results, submissions, documentation. |
| Science and Engineering - Offers information on courses with detailed help choosing the right degree, college or university. Includes questions to ask, action plan, tips for UCAS applications, and articles. |
| Sport Development - Provides reference material to support university teaching in sport development and the development of community through sport. Includes news, courses, government policy, sport in schools and the community, and library resources for students and teachers. |
| UKCourseFinder - Guide to finding a university or college course online. Offers a subject search, help and advise. |
| Universities UK - Higher education action group. Lists A-Z links, FAQ's and contact details. |