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Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Established 1884 Field of research Marine science Address The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, PL1 2PB Location Plymouth Website www.mba.ac.uk The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA) is a learned society with a scientific laboratory that undertakes research in marine biology. [1] The organisation was founded in 1884 and has been based in Plymouth since the Citadel Hill Laboratory was opened on 30 June 1888. It has a world-leading reputation for marine biological research, with some twelve Nobel laureates having been or being associated with it over the course of their career. Among them, A. V. Hill received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1922 "for his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle". [2] The discovery of the mechanism of nerve impulses (action potentials) in animals was made at the Laboratory in Plymouth by Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin and Sir

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

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CIPD Native name Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Type Chartered,Not for Profit ,Royal Charter Industry Human Resources, L&D, Association and Awarding Body. Founded 1913 Headquarters Wimbledon, London, England, UK, United Kingdom Number of locations CIPD UK, Asia, Middle East, Russia/ parts of Europe. Key people Peter Cheese, Chief Executive, Cary Cooper, President Products Certification, Accreditation, CPD HR and L&D training. Brands People Management Magazine Services HR and L&D Revenue £37.3 million, 2018 Members 150000 Number of employees 862 Website https://www.cipd.co.uk/ The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development ( CIPD ) is a professional association for human resource management professionals. It is headquartered in Wimbledon, London, England. The organisation was founded in 1913 - it is the world's oldest association in its field and has over 145,000 members inter

Quality Improvement Agency

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"QIA" redirects here. For the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar, see Qatar Investment Authority. The Quality Improvement Agency ( QIA ) was a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government whose remit was to support those institutions that provide education, but which are not schools or universities. This covers a broad range of institutions, ranging from further education colleges, prison education to workplace training and various other types of education and training. The QIA was created in March 2006 from the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA). The majority of the assets and liabilities of the Quality Improvement Agency were transferred to the Learning and Skills Improvement Service, a new not for profit, sector owned improvement body for the Further Education sector on 1 October 2008. Staff There was one chair of trustees during the lifetime of QIA, Sir Geoffrey Holland. The QIA had two chief executives - Andrew Thomson and Dr Kate An

Learning and Skills Development Agency

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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) and its trading subsidiary, Inspire Learning, better known by its brand name the Centre for Excellence in Leadership was spun-out. Inspire Leadership and QIA were re-absorbed into the same corporate entity, the Learning and Skills Improvement Service on 1 October 2008. [ citation needed ] 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. [1] 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

Dearing Report

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The Dearing Report , formally known as the reports of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education , is a series of major reports into the future of Higher Education in the United Kingdom, published in 1997. The report was commissioned by the UK government and was the largest review of higher education in the UK since the Robbins Committee in the early 1960s. The principal author was Sir Ronald Dearing, the Chancellor of the University of Nottingham. It made 93 recommendations concerning the funding, expansion, and maintenance of academic standards. The most significant change in funding recommended by the report is a shift from undergraduate tuition being funded entirely by grants from the government to a mixed system in which tuition fees, supported by low interest government loans, are raised. The report recommended expansion of sub-degree courses, and degree level courses at university, proposing that there was sufficient demand from employers for applicants with

Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)

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"DFES" redirects here. For the Western Australia government department, see Department of Fire and Emergency Services. Department for Education and Skills Department overview Formed 2001 Preceding Department Department for Education and Employment Dissolved 28 June 2007 Superseding agency Department for Children, Schools and Families and Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills Jurisdiction England Headquarters London, England, UK United Kingdom This article is part of a series on the politics and government of the United Kingdom Constitution Constitution Cabinet Manual Erskine May Taxation European Communities Act 1972 The Crown British Monarchy Monarch Queen Elizabeth II Heir apparent The Prince of Wales Royal family Succession to the British throne Royal prerogative Executive HM Government Prime Minister Theresa May Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond