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Consultation and Discussion

This is the Department's consultation and discussion area. Here you will find information about consultations currently being undertaken by DIUS, together with guidelines regarding how to participate in them.

Please select a consultation listed below for that consultation's questions and response forms.


Current Consultations
Title End Date
A vision for Science and Society 17/10/08
Draft Apprenticeships Bill 08/10/08
Closed Consultations
Title End Date
Proposals for extending the requirement for FE College Principals to be qualified to include Principals moving post and to set a deadline of three years to obtain the qualification 12/09/08
Time to Train 10/09/08
Call for evidence: Analysis on Demand for STEM skills 01/09/08
DIUS Single Equality Scheme 04/08/08
Higher Education at Work – High Skills: High Value 07/07/08
Informal Adult Learning - Shaping The Way Ahead 12/06/08
The Role of Further Education Providers in Promoting Community Cohesion, Fostering Shared Values and Preventing Violent Extremism 06/05/08
Focusing English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) on Community Cohesion 04/04/08
Responses to Consultations
Title End Date
Raising Expectations: enabling the system to deliver (Joint DCSF/DIUS consultation) 09/06/08
Confidence in Standards: Regulating and developing qualifications and assessment 10/03/08
Innovation - share your ideas with us! 14/02/08
Improvement in the Further Education Sector – A consultative prospectus for a new sector-owned organisation 25/01/08

DIUS complies with the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Consultation. The Code of Practice on Consultation sets out the basic minimum principles for conducting effective Government consultations. It aims to standardise consultation practice across Government and to set a benchmark for best practice, so that all respondents would know what to expect from a national, public Government consultation.