Useful links
- The Department for Education is the British Ministry of Education.
- The website of the British government provides overviews of recognised higher education institutions, recognised bodies and listed bodies. These overviews are being replaced by the Office for Students Register, the OfS Register.
- The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) provides information about accreditation and quality assurance in the British education system.
- Consult the Ofqual register to find British secondary (and vocational) qualifications.
- Information provided by the government about A levels and AS levels (changes in England) and GCE qualification-level conditions and requirements.
- Qualifications in Wales (QiW) presents common features across countries in the PDF: AS and A levels in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) of Northern Ireland with an overview of all GCE subjects.
- UK NARIC, the National Recognition Information Centre, is the national office for the recognition and comparison of international qualifications.
- Higher Education Degree Datacheck (HEDD) provides information on the status of British higher education institutions for verification purposes.
- Verification database of Cambridge International Education.
- Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) provides information about the accreditation and quality assurance of Scottish qualifications. SQA also awards Scottish qualifications.