Welcome to QIA

The Quality Improvement Agency (QIA) has been set up to spark fresh enthusiasm for innovation and excellence in the Further Education and skills sector. We are leading the challenge to those involved in teaching, learning and training to lift their performance and implement the government's reforms for learning and skills.

Learn about our improvement programmes and services, discuss hot topics in the Excellence Gateway or contact us to find out more.

During 2008 QIA, together with the Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL), will transfer to a new sector-owned improvement body. We will include all the latest information about this important development on this website.

Dame Ruth Silver is chair of the new body. Read more about her appointment here

Latest news:

Name, chief executive and board members announced for new further education improvement body

On 10 June the new sector-owned body was named officially as the Learning and Skills Improvement Service — dedicated to development.

A chief executive has also been appointed to lead the organisation. He is Roger McClure, formerly chief executive of the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council. Roger will take up his post shortly. Board members have also been appointed for the new organisation.

For more information, click here

Dame Ruth Silver, chair of the Learning and Skills Improvement Service, announced Roger McClure as the organisation's chief executive during her speech at the first QIA/CEL summer conference.

Sir George Sweeney, chair of the Single Voice for Self-Regulation, also welcomed the new body. You can see videos of both their speeches here

QIA/CEL summer conferences 2008

The 2008 QIA and CEL summer conferences, Making a Success, helped to set the scene for the new sector-led organisation and helped staff in the Further Education and skills sector to understand the range of support that is available to them.

Read more about them here

Perception Survey

In the Autumn of 2007, QIA commissioned its second annual survey of providers in order to gather feedback on QIA's programmes. Click here for more information.

Technology plan welcomed

QIA welcomes the ambitions set out in Becta's FE and Skills Technology Strategy and Implementation Plan. For more information and a link to the Plan, click here

Workforce Strategy

Workforce Strategy for the Further Education Sector in England, 2007-2012. The Implementation Plan: Transforming the future FE Workforce to become a force for change is available here