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A4L announce Community Leadership for 2026-2027

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Washington, DC, 28 May 2026—The Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community is proud to announce the Community Leadership Groups for 2026. The Leadership Groups bring a wealth of experience and knowledge in education, data management, privacy, security, and business acumen. They oversee management of the SIF Specification and the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC) as well as contribute to the development of strategies for the global Community, and guiding development of the A4L Community internationally.

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Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community partners with EDDS Institute to launch paid GESS auditing scheme to establish a global standard for EdTech cybersecurity

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The Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community, in partnership with EDDS Institute, today announce the launch of the Global Educational Security Standards (GESS) auditing scheme—an independent, evidence-based audit and certification service for education technology providers.

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A4L Community announce North American Leadership for 2025-2026

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The Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community is proud to announce the North American Leadership Group for 2025. The Leadership Group brings a wealth of experience and knowledge in education, data management, privacy, security, and business acumen. The Leadership Group will oversee management of the SIF Specification and the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC) as well as contribute to the development of strategies for the global Community, and guiding development of the A4L Community in North America.

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A4L Community publish the SIF Infrastructure Specification 3.7 (global) supporting greater compatibility, future-proofing, and streamlining integration

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The Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community is proud to announce the release of the collaboratively developed global SIF Infrastructure Specification 3.7 (global) which is unique in the technical standards world in that it supports data movement via greater interoperability by standardizing ‘data and privacy on the wire’. 

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A4L Community and PESC announce Joint Venture Agreement

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Washington, DC, 16 October 2024—Today, at the PESC October DSU-focused summit, the Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community and the Postsecondary Education Standards Council (PESC) announced the creation of a joint venture to facilitate their work together. This is a major step forward for the education standards communities, with two standards bodies taking the first step towards formalizing their collaboration through the creation of an agreement in the form of a joint venture. 

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A4L Community Announces Major Milestones

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Last week the Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community held its Annual Summit in Arlington VA, in collaboration with the Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council (PESC) and HR Open Standards Consortium. The joint Summit demonstrated the standards body’s vision to collaborate and work together with other standards groups, towards the ultimate goal of improving interoperability, privacy and security for lifelong learning.

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