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RAD PGCE:DT - Government and other Information Sites

Last updated: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 4:16 PM

 

Government Sites
Criminal Records Bureau and Disclosure
Department of Culture, Media and Sport

DfES (Department for Education and Skills)
FastTrack Teaching

Fento (Further Education National Training Organization)
General Teaching Council for England
Graduate Teacher Training Registry
LSC (Learning & Skills Council)
NGfL (National Grid for Learning)
Ofsted
QAA
QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority)
Teaching Assistants Website
The Education Network
TeacherNet
Teacher Support Network
Teacher Training Agency
UK Government online (open.gov.uk)

Papers & Documents
Bologna Declaration on the European Space for Higher Education & The Bologna Process (Council of Europe)
CREDIT AND HE QUALIFICATIONS (NICATS) Summary document (6 pages)
Full document (23 pages)
Handbook of Guidance on QTS Standards and ITT Requirements
Education Act 2002
Opportunity and Excellence (previously "Extending Opportunities, Raising Standards" Green Paper.
White Paper on the Future of Higher Education

Inclusion/SEN

Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education
Commission for Racial Equality
Disability Rights Commission
Gender and Achievement (DfES)
Inclusion and SEN (Becta)
Inclusion (NGfL)
SEN (Special Educational Needs) (DfES)
SEN Action Programme (DfES, 1998) SKILL (National Bureau for Students with Disabilities)

ICT
BECTA
BESA (British Educational Suppliers Association)
ATW (Association of Teacher Websites)
CurriculumOnline (UK Government resource)
see especially Links & Partners to CurriculumOnline
Exemplification Document for Using IT in teaching PE
Ferl (Becta support for ILT)
ICT Advice for Teachers
Independent ICT ProcurementAdvisory Service
Institute for Computer Based Learning
In-TENT Infusing Teacher Education with New Technology
i-Teacher-ed project (Canada)
Journal of Interactive Media in Education
NAACE (National Association of Advisors for Computers in Education)
New2Computers (from ictadvice.org.uk)
NLN (National Learning Network)
TALENT (Leicester University)
Teaching & Learning Technology Programme
TTA ICT Benchmark Test
TechLearn (JISC)
Virtual Teacher Centre
RM (IT suppliers to Schools)

KEY SKILLS
Key Skills (DfES)
Keys Skills (QCA)
Key Skills Policy & Practice: Your Questions Answered (QCA)
Key skills issues emerging from the
14–19 opportunity and excellence paper
(Key Skills Support)
Key Skills Support Programme


 

Curricula
AEB/SEG
AQA (Assessment and Qualifications Alliance
EdExcel
International Baccalaureate Organization
Metier

National Curriculum online
OpenQuals (in preparation)

Educational Materials (see also under ICT)
AQA Specifications for A/AS Dance
4Learning
BBC Learning
GEM (The Gateway to Educational Materials)
Learn.co.uk (online curriculum materials from the Guardian)

Europe
ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts)
Europa Education and Training (Socrates, Erasmus etc.) European SchoolNet
European Training Village
Eurydice (Information Network on Education in Europe)

Funding
HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) NOF (New Opportunities Fund)

Online periodicals
Guardian Education Pages
Independent Education Pages
Times Educational Supplement
Times Higher Educational Supplement

Research
AHRB (Arts & Humanities Research Board)
AskEric (search facility for ERIC q.v.)
BEI (British Education Index)
BERA British Educational Research Association
Educational Research Links

Eric (Educational Resources Information Center)
NERF (National Educational Research Forum)
NFER (National Foundation for Educational Research)
PALATINE (Performing Arts Learning and Teaching Innovation NEtwork

Teaching & Learning
DeLiberations on Learning & Teaching in Higher Education
Institute for Learning & Teaching in Higher Education

Statistics
HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency)
UK National Statistics (Official Site)

Other
ACE (Advisory Centre for Education) [for parents]
Arts4Schools
Degree Equivalence - NARIC (National Academic Recognition Information Centre for the UK)
Education UK (British Council)
Foundation Degrees
TNTTEE Thematic Network on Teaching Education in Europe
UCAS
UNESCO Education Sector
Universities Council for the Education of Teachers

Professional Organisations
Association of Higher Education European Officers Association of Teachers and Lecturers
Association of University Administrators
Association of University Teachers
NASWUT
National Teaching Fellowship Scheme
NATFHE
National Union of Students
National Union of Teachers
Talking Teaching (online forum about teaching)
Teaching Awards

  Compiled by Jonathan Still, Lecturer in Music Studies at the Royal Academy of Dance