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Government Sites

• Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
• Department for Education (DfE)
• HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
• HM Treasury
• National Statistics
• Office of Government Commerce (OGC)
• Skills Funding Agency (SFA)
• Connexions
• Directgov - Education and Learning

Quality

• Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted)

Qualifications

• Federation of awarding bodies’ (FAB)
• Qualifications and Curriculum Development Authority (QCDA)
• Joint council for qualifications (JCQ)

HE In FE

• Office for fair access (OFFA )
• Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
• Higher Education Academy 
• Council of Validating Universities (CVU)
• Higher Education Research Opportunities (HERO) 

General 

• Lifelong Learning UK
• Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS)
• Association for College Management (ACM) 
• National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
• Basic Skills Agency (BSA)
• PILAT
• Student Loans Company (SLC)
• HCI
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW)
• Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
• Becta
• Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
• JISC RSCs (Regional Support Centres)
• Foundation Degree Forward (FDF)
• Edge Foundation
• Sixth Form Colleges’ Forum (SFCF)
• Helena Kennedy Foundation