Learning and Skills Development Agency

Learning and Skills Development Agency

The Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) was a publicly-funded body in the United Kingdom that supported further education in England. At the end of March 2006 its functions were divided into the Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) and the Learning and Skills Network (LSN).

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 and Northern Ireland (but not in Scotland, where there is a different organisational framework for education).

In Wales the organisation was known as "Dysg". It was absorbed into the Welsh Assembly Government. LSDA Northern Ireland continues as a subsidiary company of LSN.

References

* [http://www.lsda.org.uk]
* [http://www.lsneducation.org.uk/about/history.aspx]


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