Welcome to the information authority

The information authority was set up in October 2006 to set data standards and govern data collection and use for further education and training provision in England.

Our decision-making board is headed by an independent chairman and has a wide range of members with an interest in further education (FE) data. The board is supported by a small operational secretariat. We are funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Latest news

Love data? Come and work with us!
17/05/2012
If you have a passion for data, and are looking for a challenge why not come and work with us? We are currently recruiting for a Data Manager. ...

Broaden your data mind! Secondment opportunities available now!
15/05/2012
Are you a Data and MI practitioner from an FE College or other training organisation with experience of the ILR and interested in joining either ourselves or the Data Service on a twelve month secondment? Look no further!...

Deadline for notification of changes to Learner Reference Numbers – 08 June
09/05/2012
Providers are advised to act early to inform the Data Service of any duplicate or incorrect Learner Reference Numbers (LRN - formerly L03) in their R11 ILR return. The deadline for submitting any changes is 08 June 2012....

Spotlight

Love data? Come work with us, view our latest vacancies!

Reminder: R11 is due in on 08 June 2012.

2013/14 Request for Collection - Let us know of any additional ILR data for 2013/14 that we could collect, over and above the core data. Closing date for all data collection requests is 22 June 2012.

2012 FE Data Conference - conference material now available online.

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