Association of Colleges

Glossary

Learning Activity Management System

LEA

Local Education Authority

LEC

Local Enterprise Company (part of the Scottish Enterprise Network)

Lifelong Education and International Development (at the Insitute of Education)

The Literacy, ESOL and Numeracy Scholarship Communityof the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy

LGA

Local Government Association

LLL

Life Long Learning

LLN

Literacy, language and numeracy

Literacy Research Centre, Lancaster University

Local Learning and Skills Council

Formerly the London Language and Literacy Unit, a national consultancy and professional development centre for staff working in the areas of literacy, numeracy, dyslexia, family learning and English for Speakers of Other Languages. Based at London South Bank University

LMS

Learner Manager System

London South Bank University

LSC

Learning and Skills Council. There are nine regional learning and skills councils in England, as well as a national LSC office, based in Coventry. The LSCs are government agencies responsible for supplying funding to centres of adult learning, including colleges, adult and community learning centres, professional development centres and other such organisations.

See SfLQI

Learning and Skills Development Agency, replaced by Quality Improvement Agency and Learning and Skills Network in April 2006.

Learning and Skills Improvement Service - new body established on 10 June 2008, merging Centre for Excellence in Leadership and Quality Improvement Agency

LSN

Learning and Skills Network (see LSDA)

Learning and Teaching Support Network