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Contents
| Academia | Blogs / Forums | Government |
| Libraries | Online Magazines / Journals | Professional Bodies |
| Social Media | Study Support | Research and Policy |
Academia
| Accredited Qualifications | Information relation to UK accredited Qualifications and how they fit overall into the UK system. |
| Ofqual | To maintain standards and confidence in qualifications. We look after GCSEs and A levels in England, and a wide range of vocational qualifications both in England and Northern Ireland. We also regulate the National Curriculum Assessments in England. |
| Ofsted | Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We report directly to Parliament and we are independent and impartial. We inspect and regulate services which care for children and young people, and those providing education and skills for learners of all ages. |
| Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) | Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) are independent, employer-led, UK-wide organisations. The SSCs and the UK Commission are committed to working in partnership across the four nations to create the conditions for increased employer investment in skills which will drive enterprise and create jobs and sustainable economic growth. They share a belief that the sectoral approach is the most effective way to do this. |
| The Register of Regulated Qualifications | The Register of Regulated Qualifications contains details of Recognised Awarding Organisations and Regulated Qualifications in England (Ofqual), Wales (Welsh Government) and Northern Ireland (Ofqual for vocational qualifications and CCEA Accreditation for all other qualifications). |
Blogs / Forums
| Adi Gaskell on Social Business Blog | Social business is about to underpin a revolution in how our organisations operate. This blog exists to help you navigate this new world. |
| Barclays Connector | Forum for Barclays Connector. |
| Chartered Management Institute Blog | CMI’s blog, featured and guest authors, with an opportunity to submit your own piece. |
| CMI’s Discussion Forum | CMI members discussing items of interest. |
| Institute for Youth Work Forums | The Institute for Youth Work supports members to reach the highest professional standards and recognises the importance of sharing best practice. |
| Institute of Consulting Blog | IC’s blog. |
| Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) Blog | A social partnership, led by Commissioners from large and small employers, trade unions and the voluntary sector. Mission is to raise skill levels to help drive enterprise, create more and better jobs and economic growth. |
| Stuart Davidson: Social Media and Digital Marketing Blog |
If you want to learn digital marketing from an established expert – someone who has actually been there and done it, then you’re in the right place. Whether it is learning more theory and enhancing your marketing knowledge and understanding, to practical implementation in various online marketing niches, this blog will help you! |
Government
| Business and self-employed | General information relating to aspects of business and self-employment. |
| Department for Business Innovation & Skills | The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) is the department for economic growth. The department invests in skills and education to promote trade, boost innovation and help people to start and grow a business. BIS also protects consumers and reduces the impact of regulation. |
| Department for Communities and Local Government | Work to move decision-making power from central government to local councils. This helps put communities in charge of planning, increases accountability and helps citizens to see how their money is being spent. |
| Department for International Development | The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty. We’re ending the need for aid by creating jobs, unlocking the potential of girls and women and helping to save lives when humanitarian emergencies hit. |
| Department of Health | The Department of Health (DH) helps people to live better for longer. We lead, shape and fund health and care in England, making sure people have the support, care and treatment they need, with the compassion, respect and dignity they deserve. |
| Departments, agencies & public bodies | Link page relating to all departments, agencies & public bodies. |
| GOV.UK | The best place to find government services and information. |
| HM Treasury | HM Treasury is the government’s economic and finance ministry, maintaining control over public spending, setting the direction of the UK’s economic policy and working to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth. |
| Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street | Information from The Prime Minister’s office. |
Libraries
| CMI Management library |
The CMI Management Library has one of the largest collections of management literature in the UK. Our collection of over 17,000 books includes many student textbooks, loan copies of the Pathways workbooks and a growing collection of e-books. You will also find all the recent entries to the CMI Management Book of the Year, which represent the best in current management thinking from many of the major book publishers in the UK.
Postal Loan Service |
| The British Library | Provides information relating to services, and allows for access to the library catalogue. |
| The British Library Management and Business Studies Portal | Whether you’re a University researcher or a busy manager, this Portal will help you find and use high quality management research publications quickly and easily. |
Online Magazines / Journals
| Management Today | With one of the most diverse, senior and well-informed readerships of any business title, Management Today has won the admiration of both the business community and our publishing peers for our authoritative yet accessible style. |
| Professional Manager Magazine | This website is the online branch of Professional Manager magazine – the bi-monthly flagship publication of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). |
| Social Business News | Social Business News is a resource dedicated to covering enterprise social media, collaboration, governance, technology, and change management. It is our goal to help enterprise professionals and the agencies and consultants that serve them with valuable, relevant and actionable news, opinion and insights related to the industry. |
| Social Media Today | Social Media Today is an independent, online community for professionals in PR, marketing, advertising, or any other discipline where a thorough understanding of social media is mission-critical. Every day, we provide insight and host lively debate about the tools, platforms, companies and personalities that are revolutionizing the way we consume information. All of our content is contributed by our members and curated by our editorial staff. |
Professional Bodies
| Chartered Management Institute (CMI) | The only chartered professional body in the UK dedicated to promoting the highest standards in management and leadership excellence. We encompass a membership community more than 100,000 strong. |
| Institute for Learning (IfL) | IfL is the independent professional body, and the sector’s specialist in teaching, training and learning for individual teachers and trainers across further education (FE) and skills. |
| Institute for Youth Work (IYW) | The aim of the Institute for Youth Work is to improve and support quality in youth work. It will engage all those in the youth sector who work to enable young people to develop holistically and to reach their full potential. |
| Institute of Consulting (IC) | The Institute of Consulting has progressively been developing its position and strategy as the professional body for the consultancy profession. Its history and background is an amalgam and extension of several predecessor bodies, the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) and the Institute of Business Advisors (IBA). |
| Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) | The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) improves the lives of people who use care services by sharing knowledge about what works. We are an independent charity working with adults, families and children’s social care and social work services across the UK. We also work closely with related services such as health care and housing. |
Social Media
| Barclays Connector | Connector is an online community which is free to join. It enables you to interact with like-minded people to find knowledge, customers and opportunities to grow your business and succeed. The more detail you add to your profile, the better we can match it to opportunities, discussions and content that may be of interest to you. By featuring in our free Business and People Directories to showcase your products or services, you can increase your online presence and improve your chances of being found by search engines. |
| Endeavour Training & Consultancy’s AboutUs page | AboutUs is a free to use website where anyone can add information about almost anything. |
| Endeavour Training & Consultancy’s Google+ page | Information relating to ET&C, follow us for updates. |
| Endeavour Training & Consultancy’s LinkedIn page | Information relating to ET&C, follow us for updates. |
| Google+ | Google+ is literally Google with a plus. The “+” is the social networking it adds to all of Google’s other services, including Gmail, YouTube, and Blogger. Google+ brings popular social-media features like comments, photo- and music-sharing, videochat, etc. to your social circles. It’s basically what any user chooses it to be, from an ongoing conversation to a platform of self-expression, with tools for making it as individual or collective as you want. |
| LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with 250 million members in over 200 countries and territories around the globe. |
Study Support
| Businessballs | Businessballs is a free ethical learning and development resource for people and organizations. |
| CMI ManagementDirect | Comprehensive online resource designed to support managers in their day-to-day roles. |
| CMI Study Zone | Study Zone exists to get you through your course to the very best of your ability. Study Zone will bring together students from around the country, plus the tutors that are delivering the courses to you, all in one place so you can discuss your studies with people going through it with you, and of course those that have been through it already. |
| CMI Studying Members | Access to all of CMI’s resources and services with a pool of relevant information. |
| CMI’s Study Support Materials | Additional study material which will support you during your qualification studies. |
| infed | infed was established in 1995 at the YMCA George Williams College, London as an open and not-for-profit site. Put together by a small group of educators. The site aims to provide a space for people to explore education, learning and social change. |
Research and Policy
| CMI’s Research & Policy | Provides information on ongoing research and the latest policy. |
| Policy Exchange | Policy Exchange is the UK’s leading think tank. As an educational charity our mission is to develop and promote new policy ideas which deliver better public services, a stronger society and a more dynamic economy. |
| Research Councils UK (RCUK) | Research Councils UK (RCUK) are responsible for investing public money in research in the UK to advance knowledge and generate new ideas which lead to a productive economy, healthy society and contribute to a sustainable world. |