Scottish Further Education Unit
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The Scottish Further Education Unit (SFEU) was a development agency in Scotland
, United Kingdom
which supported the development of teaching and learning in the country. It was founded in 1985 as the Curriculum Advice and Support Team (CAST), and renamed to SFEU in 1991 when it became a government-sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body
. In June 2009 SFEU merged with the Association of Scotland’s Colleges (ASC), Colleges Open Learning Exchange Group (COLEG) and Scotland’s Colleges International (SCI) to form Scotland’s Colleges.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
which supported the development of teaching and learning in the country. It was founded in 1985 as the Curriculum Advice and Support Team (CAST), and renamed to SFEU in 1991 when it became a government-sponsored Non-Departmental Public Body
Executive agency
An executive agency, also known as a next-step agency, is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate in order to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly or Northern Ireland...
. In June 2009 SFEU merged with the Association of Scotland’s Colleges (ASC), Colleges Open Learning Exchange Group (COLEG) and Scotland’s Colleges International (SCI) to form Scotland’s Colleges.