University College and Research Group

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

Links

We hope that these web links provide a range of useful resources. They are checked, updated and improved regularly.

We welcome your input too, so please contact us if there are particular sites that you think may be useful to the HE community, that are not included here.

EDUCATION

Archives Hub
BUBL Bulletin Board for Libraries
CEPES European Centre for Higher Education
DENI Department of Education for Northern Ireland
DfES Department for Education and Skills
DfES Higher Education Gateway
Education-line
GuildHE (previously SCOP)
HEFCE Higher Education Funding Council for
England
HEFCW Higher Education Funding Council for
Wales
HERO Higher Education and Resource
Opportunities in the UK
HESA Higher Education Statistics Agency
Higher Education Academy
Learning and Skills Council
Lifelong Learning
QAA Quality Assurance Agency for Higher
Education
The Russell Group
SEDA Staff and Educational Development Association
Scottish Funding Council
SRHE Society for Research into Higher Education
support4learning: Higher Education
Ufi University for Industry
Universities UK

INFORMATION & LEARNING TECHNOLOGY

JANET UK Joint Academic and Research Network
JISC The Joint Information Systems Committee
UKOLN United Kingdom Office for Library and Information Networking
UCISA Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association
UK Active Map of Universities and HE Institutions
UCAS Universities and Colleges Admissions Service

LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS

ALA American Library Association
CILIP Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
CILIP Wales
MLA Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
SLAINTE Information and Libraries Scotland

LIBRARY GROUPS

ALLCU The Association of Librarians in Land-Based Colleges and Universities
BIALL British and Irish Association of Law Librarians
M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries for London's Learners and Researchers
NAG National Acquisitions Group
SCONUL Society of College, National and University Libraries
UKSG United Kingdom Serials Group
WHELF - Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum

PUBLICATIONS

Ariadne Magazine
Education Guardian HE Links
TES Times Educational Supplement
THES Times Higher Education Supplement

TRAINING

Netskills – part Intute funded, this provides quality training services to facilitate the effective use of internet and intranet technologies for teaching and learning, research, administration, marketing and other business activities

LISU - internationally renowned research and information centre for library and information services, based in the Department of Information Science at Loughborough University

NATIONAL LIBRARIES

The British Library
COPAC Academic and National Library Catalogue
NLS National Library of Scotland
National Library of Wales:Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

Updated: 01 August 2007