The Basic Skills Resource Centre, set up by the Basic Skills Agency in 1993 holds many of their publications: www.ioe.ac.uk/
British Association of Settlements and Social Action, the organization that initiated the original Right to Read Campaign: www.bassac.org.uk
Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers holds many student and working class publications from the 1980s onward: http://thefwwcp.org.uk
Archive of the Further Education Funding Council contains inspection reports and other publications from the 1990s: http://lsc.wwt.co.uk/documents
Mass Observation Archive founded in 1937 aimed to document everyday life in Britain through empirical observation, diaries, and photographs: www.massobs.org.uk
Manchester Archives and Local Studies include historical documents and photographs of education in Manchester: www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/
NATFHE Professional association for teachers in FE colleges and adult education from the 1980s to 2006: www.natfhe.org.uk
NIACE a well-organized collection of materials on adult education throughout the period. Includes documents from the ACACE and board meetings of ALBSU: www.niace.org.uk
Oral History Society Information about oral history methodology and collections: www.oralhistory.org.uk
The Ruskin Library, Oxford University holds the Write First Time archive, and includes information about the NFVLS and the NSA:. www.lancs.ac.uk/users/ruskinlib/
Source for historical documents about London Includes The Trades Union Congress Library, and the Workers Educational Association National archive: www.londonmet.ac.uk/services/sas/library-services/tuc/
Sources for history of women and education: www.thewomenslibrary.ac.uk www.genesis.ac.uk
General Catalogues describing archives held throughout England and dating from the 900s to the present day: http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk www.a2a.org.uk
UK Data Archives holding on-line research resources in the form of both qualitative and numerical data: www.data-archive.ac.ukhttp://www.esds.ac.uk
The National Archives: http://www.pro.gov.uk/
The British Library, including Colindale newspaper library: http://www.bl.uk/
UNESCO historical archive of international literacy initiatives: www.unesco.org/education/uie/documentation |