Association of Colleges
Learning and Skills Workforce Data Group (LSWDG)
The LSWDG brings together partners within the FE system in England to work together to establish simpler and more effective data collection systems across the sector. The group provides a forum, which brings together representatives at a strategic level, to:
- Ensure that all partners have access to reliable and up-to-date information on the sector’s workforce
- Identify and agree a user requirement for the sector that reduces the burden on providers by eradicating duplication and streamlining collection methods
- Agree an action plan that facilitates data collection by employing the ‘collect once, use often’ principle
- Oversee the implementation of the action plan agreed by the partners
The organisational representation of the LSWDG is as follows:
- Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI)
- Association of College Management (ACM)
- Association of Colleges (AoC)
- Association of Learning Providers (ALP)
- Association of National Specialist Colleges (NATSPEC)
- Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL)
- DfES Analytical Services and Standards Unit
- Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)/Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
- Institute for Learning (IfL)
- Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
- Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) – convening and chairing responsibility
- Local Education Authorities Forum for the Education of Adults (LEAFEA)
- Network for Black Managers (NBM)
- Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS)
- Ofsted
- Quality Improvement Agency (QIA)
- Sixth Form College Forum (SFCF)
- University and College Union (UCU)
