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UK Sensitive Maps - Universities
University of Wolverhampton

UK Universities - (dead link)
Maintained by Roy Pearce

EducationGuardian.co.uk - University Guide
"...interactive guide to universities and colleges covers some 60,000 vital statistics on 150 higher education institutions. For each subject (linked below) there are three separate tables showing university rankings, university statistics and student statistics."

4students.co.uk
Sections include: Subject Timetable ; UCAS Form Filler ; Budgeter ; Newsletter.
Registration is required.

aplusjobs.co.uk
"...website for finding jobs in Schools, Colleges, Universities and more."

Archives Hub
"A major national gateway to archive collections held in UK universities and colleges, forming part of the National Archives Network ... Fully indexed archival descriptions which can be searched in a variety of ways."

BBC Online - Schools - GCSE Bitesize Revision
"Our aim is to produce manageable "bitesize" pages on key topics, concentrating on material which students find particularly difficult. The material is writen by examiners and teachers and reflects key areas of the examination syllabus."

Best Student Sites - (dead link)
"The Web sites in these pages are the most useful for UK students for academic purposes in terms of communication and information sources. Some are of general use; some illustrate types of Internet resource, while others are collections and directories to use to find the information you need."
By Ian Winship, University of Northumbria at Newcastle and Alison McNab, Loughborough University

The British Council

  • Education and Training - (dead link)
  • Education UK
    "...to help international students interested in studying for a UK course or qualification."
  • Education Web Directory - (dead link)
  • Educational Information Service
  • European Resource Centres - (dead link)
    "The European Resource Centres for Schools and Colleges (ERCs) provide teachers and students with information on issues relating to Europe and support the development of the European dimension in the curriculum."
    • European Information on the Web - (dead link)
      "These web sites can be used as a starting point for project and curriculum work and many of them are multi-lingual."
  • Publications
    "...search for any in-print British Council publications produced in the United Kingdom, from leaflets, books and posters, through to videos and electronic books."

British Education Index (BEI)
An Electronic and Printed Guide to the Contents of British Educational Literature
"...an authoritative index to the contents of 300 education and training journals published in the British Isles, together with certain internationally published periodicals, and is expanding to cover national report and conference literature in the field."

British Library - Living Words - (dead link)
"the website for schools from the British Library"
" On this site you will find information about the Libraryís services for schools and useful background information about the British Library itself...Donít miss our Curriculum Projects which provide online and downloadable sources and activities for both teachers and students in a range of curriculum subjects...This website carries information designed for teachers and students in school (Years 1-13); for more general information about the British Libraryís collections and other services, including exhibitions open to all, or to search the Libraryís catalogue..."

British Studies at Oxford - (dead link) Summer sessions

British Universities Film & Video Council

Cambridge University

CASBAH - Caribbean Studies Black and Asian History
"...to identify and map national research resources for Caribbean Studies and the history of Black and Asian people in Britain...The CASBAH database is due to be completed in March 2002, and after a period of data evaluation, will be available for searching after May 2002...In the interim this web page contains reports of some of the archive surveys collated to-date and samples of collection level descriptions for archival, printed sources and audio-visual collections housed within CASBAH's partner institutions."

The Commonwealth of Learning

  • The Changing Faces of Virtual Education - (dead link) (July 2001)
    "a study on the latest ìmacro developmentsî in virtual education, conducted with funding provided by the Department for International Development, London, UK"
    Dr. Glen Farrell, Study Team Leader and Editor

COPAC Home Page
University Research Library Catalogue
"...provides FREE access to the merged online catalogues of 21 of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland.."

Cultivate United Kingdom - (dead link)
"...is establishing a European Cultural Heritage Network linking countries across Europe through a network of National Nodes. It is providing a single point of information on the opportunities, success stories and results arising from the European Commission's Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme which are of interest to libraries, museums and archives across Europe."

The Daily Telegraph - Juiced - (dead link)
Student web site of The Daily Telegraph


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EDNER Project Issues Papers
"EDNER Key Issues papers are intended to distil formative evaluation questions on topics which are central to the development of the UK's higher and further education Information Environment. They are presented as short check-lists of key questions and are addressed to developers and practitioners."

EducationGuardian.co.uk - University Guide
"...interactive guide to universities and colleges covers some 60,000 vital statistics on 150 higher education institutions. For each subject (linked below) there are three separate tables showing university rankings, university statistics and student statistics."

Education Jobs
Sections of this UK centered site include: UK Work Permits ; Teachers Chat ; Other Sites ; View Jobs.

Education-line
Electronic Texts in Education and Training
A service provided by the British Education Index

eteach.com
UK "Education jobs, daily news and extensive teaching resources."
Registration required.

Exchange Magazine
"...exists to stimulate the sharing of ideas, practices and news about learning and teaching in higher education. It aims to encourage positive change by supporting its readers in developing and enhancing learning and teaching in their communities."

GraduateBase.com
"...is the UK's No. 1 online recruitment service and a 'One-Stop-Career-Shop' for graduates and those looking to hire them."

HERO - Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the UK
 "is the national website for higher education in the United Kingdom...aims to provide an up-to-date, accurate, and informative database of links to all the key HE websites on the Internet. With information on HE opportunities, institutions and organisations across the UK, HERO will be a gateway for students, researchers, HE staff and businesspeople."

  • Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2001
    "...is to enable the higher education funding bodies to distribute public funds for research selectively on the basis of quality. Institutions conducting the best research receive a larger proportion of the available grant so that the infrastructure for the top level of research in the UK is protected and developed. The RAE assesses the quality of research in universities and colleges in the UK."

Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)

  • e-University
    "...is the working title of a collaborative project by the UK higher education funding bodies to establish a new way of providing HE programmes through web-based learning. The project is designed to give UK higher education the capacity to compete globally with the major virtual and corporate universities being developed in the United States and elsewhere."
  • Universities UK

Higher Education Statistics Agency

Humbul Humanities Hub
"...aims to be UK higher and further education's first choice for accessing online humanities resources ... is part of the nationally-funded Resource Discovery Network (RDN)...The RDN as a whole aims to provides effective access to hand-selected Internet resources for the UK learning and research communities."

Info @ UK - (dead link)
"The bulletin will provide you with details of initiatives and developments in the Information Society in the UK, along with relevant new appointments and publications. There will also be short summaries of European and world developments in this area."

Jobs.ac.uk
The Leading UK and European Recruitment Website for Academic and Associated  Communities such as research staff in the public and private  sector. New Jobs added daily.

Joint Information Systems Committee (UK)
"...is a strategic advisory committee working on behalf of the funding bodies for further and higher education (FE and HE) in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It also works in partnership with the Research Councils."

Learning and Teaching Support Network for Engineering (LTSN) - (dead link)
"...is a national centre providing subject based support for the UK higher education engineering community in the area of learning and teaching."

  • Working with Students with Disabilities: LTSN Engineering Guide - (dead link)
    "This resource guide has been commissioned by LTSN Engineering and covers the positive steps your department should take in order to be compliant with the new legislation."

Library OPACs in HE
"The following collections of catalogue information are available : UK OPACs - arranged by region (see below), UK OPACs - in alphabetical order, and the OBI pages (OPACs in Britain and Ireland). The first two provide simple lists of links to catalogues at UK sites, whereas the OBI information covers the UK and the Republic of Ireland, and offers links with additional details about each catalogue and site (e.g. postal address)."

National Grid for Learning
"...is the gateway to educational resources on the Internet. It provides a network of selected links to web sites that offer high quality content and information. Whether you are learning, supporting, teaching or managing, there are resources on the NGfL for you."
- UK Dept. of Education and Skills

NG Search - (dead link)
"...a new search resource for the UK academic internet community."

Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)
Officially the Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England

Oxford School of Learning - (dead link)
Free online business and economics courses

Oxford University Libraries

Performing Arts Data Service- PADS - (dead link)
"The PADS collects and promotes the use of digital resources to support research and teaching across the broad field of the performing arts: music, film, broadcast arts, theatre, dance. Its target audience is performing arts researchers, teachers and students in UK Higher Education."
Based at the University of Glasgow, Scotland

Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

Scottish Education - (dead link)
From ScotFind.com

Scottish University for Industry - (dead link)
"...has been established to lead a learning revolution which will offer both individuals and businesses the type of learning they need - delivered how, where and when it suits them best."

Student Accommodation UK
"The UK's most advanced student accommodation search engine."

studentUK
Online community or "UniverCity" for all UK students

The Times Good University Guide
 "...runs every year with a week-long series of articles culminating in the university league table."

UK Department for Education and Employment

UK Department of Education and Skills
Sections include: Adult Learners ; Employers ; HE Students ; Jobseekers ; Parents ; School Governors ; Teachers ; Young People.

  • National Grid for Learning
    "...is the gateway to educational resources on the Internet. It provides a network of selected links to web sites that offer high quality content and information. Whether you are learning, supporting, teaching or managing, there are resources on the NGfL for you."

UK-MEG
The UK's Metadata from Education Group

U.K.'s Higher Education Archives Hub
"Here you are able to search and display descriptions of the archives housed at the represented institutions ... The institutions which have archive descriptions retrievable here include Glasgow University, Edinburgh University, Bath University, Liverpool University, King's College London, University College London, Nottingham University, Durham University, School of Oriental and African Studies, Manchester University, Southampton University, Bangor and Warwick University. More repositories are shortly to be added."

UKCourseFinder
"Your Personal Guide to Higher Education in the UK. Complete the questionnaire to find your ideal degree or diploma, or explore the full database directly."

Universities and Colleges Admissions Service

University of Edinburgh - Academic Information Gateways (UK)
Sections include: Data Centres ; Resource Discovery ; Learning & Teaching ; Miscellaneous.


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