Europeana Collage Book
Create new collage art with materials from museums, libraries, and archives across Europe. There is a downloadable book with pictures of art, design and photos to cut out stick and layer on creative projects.
Staff with caregiving responsibilities in UK higher education: Findings from a national study
A recent national study in UK Higher Education reveals that staff with caregiving responsibilities face significant challenges in both their working and personal lives. The study has a literature review on juggling caring for family and relatives with work in both academic and professional roles. It includes coverage of career progression, time management and institutional policies.
Opportunity Index
A map and report released this week by the Sutton trust which explores social mobility in relationship to background and geographical location. alongside it is an interactive map. The map uses rankings of parliamentary constituencies in England which enables researchers to you to explore access to opportunity for disadvantaged young people in different constituencies across England. […]
Black Social Worker Oral History Project
This project is led by staff at Coventry University’s Centre for Peace and Security. It has collected materials relating to 19 Black social workers who have worked with and supported vulnerable children in care since the 1970s. The website includes their oral history accounts and a timeline of key policies relating to race and social […]
War of the Worlds Letters
A digital library collection from the University of Michigan, The Richard Wilson – Orson Welles Papers preserves 1,349 letters sent to the New York City office of Orson Welles’s Mercury Theatre on the Air after the original CBS Radio Network broadcast of War of the Worlds on Sunday, October 30, 1938. It was transcribed by volunteers and […]
National Gallery 200th anniversary new resources
The Imaginarium offers sound poetry and animation to explore paintings from the National Gallery collection.
Women’s history
Europeana has themed galleries relating to women’s history month. These highlight resources (text, images and online essays) relating to women’s history taken from Europe’s leading national libraries and museums. They are very good at highlighting resources from outside the UK.
The Languages Gateway
Officially launched at a recent University of London event, this portal is supported by a group of leading organisations in the field of languages, skills and education: It aims to provide links to high quality learning resources for all age groups and levels in major languages. These include classical languages as well as modern languages […]
Carnegie medals
The longlist for the 2025 Carnegies has been announced. The Carnegies are awards for books written for children and young adults. There are 2 prizes up for grabs, a medal for writing and a medal for illustration. See the long list at: https://carnegies.co.uk/2025-longlists-announced/ The winners will be announced on Thursday, 19th June 2025.
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