Research
and
Collaboration
Institute for Education Policy Research
Staffordshire
University
Useful Links
Here is our current list of useful websites. Please let us know if you think we should add new links to useful sites.
- Academe Today - The Chronicle of Higher Education American version of THES - useful for accessing information about USA HE sector and institutions.
- Action
on Access
- provides national support and co-ordination for widening participation strategy.
Update on events, research and projects. Also a discussion forum.
BBC Online Education Site Lots of education related pages
Particularly useful is BBC Education News - DfES - Department for Education and Skills Performance tables, policy news - press notices particularly useful Tel. Contact: 0800 242322
- EAN - European Access Network Links with international and national bodies to promote wider participation to higher education
- Education Line Many references, abstracts, articles and conference reports available via searching the Education Line database. Useful for obtaining current articles before printed publication.
- FACE - Forum for the Advancement of Continuing Education
- FEDA - Further Education Development Agency No statistical information however home page lists several pages of interest.
- FEFC - Further Education Funding Council Statistical data and other information on FE available
- Further Education Colleges in England Lots of useful FE information and links to colleges in England
- HEFCE Higher Education Funding Council
- HESA - Higher Education Statistics Agency Some tables of data available to view or download, can provide customised data and reports on request (expensive). Tel. Contact: 01242 255577
- HMSO - Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Search for Acts of Parliament such as Higher Education Teaching and Disability Discrimination Acts.
- NIACE - National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education The national organisation for adult learning, publishes useful material related to adult/lifelong learning.
- NISS - Information for Education General education site, news, contacts etc. also subject specific index provides links to sites in many subject areas.
- NUS Online - National Union of Students
- QAA - Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education Tel. Contact: 01452 557000 Fax: 01452557070
- QCA - Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Information on all post-16 qualifications and the National Curriculum, also useful addresses and contact numbers for other organisations such as the National Database for Vocational Qualifications.
- SRHE - Society for Research in Higher Education Can provide free statistical data from HESA for academic researchers, must apply in writing with details of research. Tel. Contact: 0171 637 2766
- Staffordshire WEB Links to Staffordshire County Council and City/Town Councils which provide information on LEAs.
- Study UK Written for prospective students from abroad seeking information about studying in the UK. Provides info. about institutions, courses and student life. Chat room and free prospectus ordering service.
- THES/THESIS - Times Higher Educational Supplement Articles and lastest news plus search facility
- UACE - Universities Association for Continuing Education
- UCAS - Universities Central Admissions Service Also Information on Access Courses And Statistics Enquiry Service
- UK Academic Map (University of Wolverhampton) A quick and easy way of accessing UK colleges, universities and research centres websites
- UNESCO - United Nations Education Information Service Useful for international information.
- UniversitiesUK - Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals Links to other sites of interest - lots of useful HE links
- WEA
- Workers Educational Association
Independent adult educational and training organisation
