The Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) was a publicly funded body in the
United Kingdom
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that supported
further education in
England
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. At the end of March 2006 its functions were divided into the
Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) and the
Learning and Skills Network
LSN (Learning and Skills Network) was an independent not-for-profit organisation in the United Kingdom that provided consulting, outsourcing, research, technology and training services for learning and skills.
It went into administration in Nove ...
(LSN) and its trading subsidiary, Inspire Learning, better known by its brand name the Centre for Excellence in Leadership was spun-out. Inspire Leadership and QIA were re-absorbed into the same corporate entity, the
Learning and Skills Improvement Service
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) was a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee and registered charity formed in 2008 to support and improve achievement in the Further Education and Skills sector in England.
The LSIS had a go ...
on 1 October 2008.
Before November 2000 it was known as the Further Education Development Agency (FEDA). FEDA was established in 1995 to support the further education community in England, as a result of a merger between the Further Education Unit and the Staff College.
The role of the LSDA was to support post-16 education in England,
Wales
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and
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. North ...
(but not in
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...
, where there is a different organisational framework for education).
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In Wales the organisation was known as ''Dysg''. It was absorbed into the ]Welsh Assembly Government
Welsh may refer to:
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* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...
. LSDA Northern Ireland continued as a subsidiary company of LSN. In 2006 the organization was disbanded into '' Quality Improvement Agency'' and ''Learning and Skills Network
LSN (Learning and Skills Network) was an independent not-for-profit organisation in the United Kingdom that provided consulting, outsourcing, research, technology and training services for learning and skills.
It went into administration in Nove ...
''.
References
External links
Learning and Skills Development Agency Homepage
Education in England
Educational organisations based in the United Kingdom
Further education colleges in the United Kingdom
Governance of England
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