We have found the following websites useful in our work of developing a Standards Council for community learning and development in Scotland.
This is the professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers.
The role of this body is to ensure the standards in training and learning for community development work and workers through the professional recognition of learning. It seeks to develop a professional community workforce through providing access to high quality learning and endorsing different learning opportunities.
A UK-wide network for community development training and support, working at national level to develop new arrangements for community work training and qualifications that are accessible and relevant to those involved in community work activities.
The General Teaching Council for Scotland is the professional regulatory body for teachers in Scotland. Its aims are to register teachers, maintain and enhance professional standards of Scotland's teachers, support new teachers, and work with partner organisations.
HM Inspector of Education website.
Lifelong Learning UK is the Sector Skills Council responsible for the professional development of all those working in community learning and development; further education; higher education; libraries, archives and information services; and work-based learning.
Learning Link Scotland supports adult education in the voluntary sector.
Information about Continuous Professional Development opportunities in the field of Scottish education.
UK NARIC is the National Agency responsible for providing information and advice about vocational, academic and professional skills and qualifications from all over the world.
This organisation promotes the values of lifelong learning and encourages networking and partnership among individual professionals and the groups with which they are associated.
The SCQF website is intended to help learners and providers of learning to understand how different learning programmes relate to each other.
The SSSC publishes Codes of Practice for Social Service Workers and Employers. These are standards of conduct and practice which all social service workers and their employers must follow.
Youthlink Scotland is the National Youth Work Agency in Scotland our mission with the aim of acting as the collective voice of youth work and to represent the needs and interests of the youth work sector.