https://tech.newstatesman.com/it-leaders/devops-agile-ncfe > NCFE, formerly the Northern Advisory Council for Further Education, is an educational charity that has been running for over 170 years. The organisation develops qualifications with approval from the government, which include a wide range of general and vocational qualifications as well as competence-based and functional skills qualifications. While this has been the main focus of the organisation, a few years ago, the charity board wanted to explore what it could do with further investment that it has accrued over the years. > So, the organisation decided to set up new business units. The first is a diagnostics platform, which helps learners who have failed GCSE maths and English to find other skills, as it is hard for them to secure employment. The other business is a peer platform which allows students to get support in terms of homework or revision, and the third new unit is around the change of apprenticeships funding, as a result of the government levy introduced in 2017.