Partner organisations

DIUS is supported in its work by a wide range of partner organisations. Many of these are funded by us, while others generate their own income or receive public funds through other routes

Types of organisations include non departmental public bodies, executive agencies, private companies limited by guarantee and registered charities.

See an explanation of the different organisational types.

Research Councils

• Research Councils UK (NDPB)
• Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) (NDPB)
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) (NDPB)
• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (NDPB)
• Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (NDPB)
• Medical Research Council (MRC) (NDPB)
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) (NDPB)
• Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) (NDPB)

Sector Skills Councils

• Asset Skills (property, housing, cleaning services and facilities management) (Private company limited by Guarantee)
• Cogent (oil, gas, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, nuclear, polymers and petroleum) (Private company limited by Guarantee; Registered Charity)
• ConstructionSkills (construction) (NDPB)
• Creative & Cultural Skills (advertising, crafts, cultural heritage, design, music, performing, literary and visual arts) (Private Limited Company; Registered Charity)
• Energy & Utility Skills (electricity, gas, waste management and water) (Private company limited by Guarantee)
• e-skills UK (information technology) (Private company limited by Guarantee)
• Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) (financial services) (Private company limited by Guarantee)
• GoSkills (passenger transport) (Private company limited by Guarantee)
• Government Skills (central government) (Management unit of DIUS)
• Improve (food and drink manufacturing) (Private company limited by Guarantee)
• Institute of the Motor Industry (automotive) (Private company limited by Guarantee)
• Lantra (environmental and land-based industries) (Private company limited by Guarantee; Registered Charity)
• Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) (community learning and development; further education; higher education; libraries, archives and information services; and work-based learning) (Private company limited by Guarantee; Registered Charity)
• People 1st (hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism) (Private company limited by Guarantee; Registered Charity)
• Proskills (building products, coatings, extractives, furniture, glass, paper and printing) (Private company limited by Guarantee)
• Semta (science, engineering and manufacturing) (Private company limited by Guarantee; Registered Charity)
• Skillfast-UK (fashion and textiles) (Private company limited by Guarantee; Registered Charity)
• SkillsActive (active leisure and learning) (Registered Charity)
• Skills for Care & Development (social care, children and young people's workforces) Comprises six organisations:
• Care Council for Wales (Assembly Sponsored Public Body)
• Children's Workforce Development Council (Private company limited by Guarantee)
• General Social Care Council (NDPB)
• Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NDPB)
• Scottish Social Services Council (NDPB)
• Skills for Care (social care) (Private company limited by Guarantee; Registered Charity)
• Skills for Health (health) (part of the NHS)
• Skills for Justice (justice) (Private company limited by Guarantee; Registered Charity)
• Skills for Logistics (logistics) (Private company limited by Guarantee; Registered Charity)
• Skillsmart Retail (retail) (Private company limited by Guarantee)
• SkillsActive (sport and recreation, health and fitness, the outdoors, playwork, caravan industry) (Registered Charity)
• Skillset (creative media) (Registered Charity)
• SummitSkills (building services engineering) (Private company limited by Guarantee; Registered Charity)

Other DIUS partner organisations

• Becta (NDPB)
• British Academy (Learned Society)
• British Hallmarking Council (NDPB – part of National Weights and Measures Laboratory)
• British National Space Centre (BNSC) (Directorate of DIUS)
• British Standards Institution (BSi) (Royal Charter Body)
• Copyright Tribunal (Tribunal NDPB)
• Council for Science and Technology (CST) (Advisory NDPB)
• Design Council (NDPB)
• Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) (Public Private Partnership)
• Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) (NDPB)
• Film Industry Training Board (FITB) (NDPB)
• Foresight (part of DIUS)
• Foundation Degree Forward (FDF) (funded by HEFCE)
• Foundation for Science and Technology (FST) (Registered Charity)
• Government Office for Science (GO-Science) (part of DIUS)
• Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) (NDPB)
• Investors in People (IiP) (NDPB)
• Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
• Joint International Unit (JIU)
• Learning and Skills Council (LSC) (NDPB)
• Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) (sector-owned public body)
• Learning and Skills Network (LSN) (Registered Charity)
• National Employer Service (part of the Learning and Skills Council)
• National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) (NDPB)
• National Measurement Office (NMO) (Executive Agency)
• National Physical Laboratory (NPL) (Government Owned Contractor Operated Laboratory)
• National Skills Academies (independent bodies - initially part funded by the LSC)
• National Student Forum (NSF)
• Office for Fair Access (OFFA) (NDPB)
• Ofsted (Non ministerial department)
• Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) (NDPB)
• Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) (Royal Charter Body)
• Royal Society (Royal Charter Body)
• Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (NDPB)
• Student Loans Company (NDPB)
• Technology Strategy Board (TSB) (NDPB)
• Training & Development Agency (TDA) (NDPB)
• Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) (Registered Charity)
• University for Industry (Ufi) (NDPB)
• UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) (company limited by Guarantee; operates under a Memorandum of Understanding with DIUS)
• UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) (NDPB)
• UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) (Executive Agency and Trading Fund)
• UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (not for profit organisation and part of Bradford College) 
• UK Skills (Registered Charity)

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