Related National Activity
Archives Hub
A national gateway to descriptions of archives in UK universities and
colleges.
British Educational Communications
and Technology agency (BECTA)
Becta seeks to bridge educational and technological developments and communities.
Becta also seeks to: evaluate information and communications technology
(ICT) practice; support existing applications of ICT; investigate emerging
technologies and associated pedagogy.
Culture online
Culture Online's remit is to use digital technologies to widen access
to the resources of the arts and cultural sector, for the purposes of
learning and enjoyment both at school and throughout life.
eLib Programme
Collection of resources relating to the eLib programme, including project
information, evaluation studies, eLib supporting studies and related events.
e-University
UK eUniversities Worldwide is a government backed, public-private
e-learning initiative to widen access to UK higher education. It aims
to provide an e-learning platform to deliver high quality UK higher education
to a global market, principally via the Internet.
Ferl
Ferl is an information service for all staff working within the Post Compulsory
Education sector. It aims to support individuals and organisations in
making effective use of ILT (Information Learning Technologies). Ferl
does this through a web based information service, conferences, publications
and other events.
LearnDirect
Plans to bring learning and skills into people's lives, University
for Industry developed the learndirect service to change the face
of learning for hundreds of thousands of people.
Learning and Teaching Support Network
(LTSN)
The LTSN is a major network of 24 subject centres based in higher education
institutions throughout the UK and a single Generic Centre. It aims to
promote high quality learning and teaching through the development and
transfer of good practices in all subject disciplines, and to provide
a 'one-stop shop' of learning and teaching resources and information for
the HE community.
Learning Skills Council
The Learning and Skills Council is responsible for funding and planning
education and training for over 16-year-olds in England.
National electronic library for health
The National electronic Library for Health Programme is working with NHS
Libraries to develop a digital library for NHS staff, patients and the
public.
National Grid for Learning [NGfL]
A gateway to educational resources on the Internet. The NGfL provides
a network of selected links to web sites that offer high quality content
and information.
National Learning Network
The National Learning Network (NLN) is a national partnership programme
designed to increase the uptake of Information and Learning Technology
(ILT) across post-16 education in England.
NHS Direct
NHS Direct Online - A gateway to health information on the Internet
NOF-Digitise
A comprehensive directory of all the web-based projects funded through
the digitisation of learning materials grant programme.
People's Network Online
The People's Network is a project to connect all public libraries to the
Internet, as part of the Government's commitment to give everyone in the
UK the opportunity to get online. Lottery-funded by the New Opportunities
Fund and managed by Resource, more than 4000 library centres will be up
and running by the end of 2002.
Research Support Libraries Group
The four UK higher education funding bodies, in collaboration with the
British Library and the national libraries of Wales and Scotland, have
established a strategic advisory group on research support libraries,
chaired by Sir Brian Follett. This group will advise on the development
of a national strategy to ensure that UK researchers in all disciplines
have access to world class information resources.
RSLP Projects
A collection of projects and studies from the Research Support Libraries
Programme
Ukonline
Part of the UK online initiative, UKonline provides access to government
services on the Internet.
University for Industry (Ufi)
Ufi is taking forward the Government's vision of a 'University for Industry'.
Working as a public-private partnership in England, Wales and Northern
Ireland, Ufi aims to put individuals in a better position to get jobs,
improve their career prospects and boost business competitiveness. Ufi's
learning services are being delivered through learndirect
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