English, Communication & Media

Ad Access - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/

Ad*Access is a pilot project to make a selection of historical advertisements available for study and research, concentrated on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II.

BBC Key Skills - http://www.bbc.co.uk/keyskills/index.shtml

BBC site providing key skills materials to use with students and accompanying tutor notes.

BBC Skillswise - http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/index.shtml

BBC basic skills site contains a range of learning materials which include: games, quizzes for literacy and numeracy as well as lesson plans submitted by tutors from around the UK.

British Film Institute - http://www.bfi.org.uk/

Many useful sections including, Facts on Film which contains a range of information and suggested sources to answer film and television queries and a Film Links Gateway that provides a wide reaching selection of websites relating to film and media.

Communication, Culture and Media Studies - http://www.cultsock.ndirect.co.uk/MUHome/cshtml/index.html

The CCMS Infobase has many useful articles on basics, theories and models for students of communication, cultural and media studies.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport - http://www.culture.gov.uk/

The central UK Government Department responsible for Government policy on the arts, sport and recreation, broadcasting and the creative industries.

Internet Anagram Server - http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html

A web based anagram tool that will list possible words or anagrams from the input.

Journalism Resources - http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/

A site maintained by the university of Iowa providing general resources for journalism as well as resources on media law, cyberjournalism, news sources and journalism teaching resources.

Key Skills in Context - http://www.keyskillsincontext.co.uk/index.php

This site, managed by the Learning & Skills Development Agency and sponsored by several major companies, provides access to a number of online Key Skills materials.

Key Skills Support Programme - http://www.keyskillssupport.net/

The Key Skills Support Programme is funded by the Department for Education and Skills. The site provides access to a range of resources for Key Skills, such as the Inspire! Project. The site also includes a resource for practitioners to share materials developed by schools and colleges.

Literary Resources on the Net - http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

A huge site providing access to a wide range of literary resources.

MCS (Media and Communication Studies Site) - http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/index.html

The MCS site is an award-winning portal to internet-based resources useful in the academic study of media and communication and is hosted by Aberystwyth University.

Meet the Author - http://www.meettheauthor.co.uk/home.html

A site where you can see authors on video introducing their books in their own words.

Museum Box - http://museumbox.e2bn.org/

This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box.

The Internet TESL Journal - http://iteslj.org/links/

Links of Interest to Students & Teachers of English as a Second Language. They include worksheets / interactive games / online books / quiz generators.

Newspapers

• The Glasgow Herald
• The Scotsman
• The Guardian
• The Independent
• The Times

NQ e-library - http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/nq/coreskills/index.asp

These resources support five core skills including Information Technology from Access 3 to Higher and available in online interactive format, as downloadable flexible learning materials and as a content package for use in a college virtual learning environment.

National Museum of Photography, Film and Television - http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/

As well as online exhibitions this site has a useful resources section which has downloadable documents and web resources exploring photography, film and television.

Ofcom - http://www.ofcom.org.uk/

Ofcom is the regulator for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.

Online Rhyming Dictionary - http://www.rhymer.com/

Online rhyming resource.

Rocks Backpages - http://www.rocksbackpages.com/

Bills itself as the ultimate library of rock music writing and journalism

Screensite - http://www.screensite.org/

This is an American site aimed at providing access to film and television resources through the World Wide Web. ScreenSite stresses the teaching and research of film and television and is designed for educators and students.

Scottish Media Group - http://www.smg.plc.uk/content/default.asp

Lots of links to information about all the brands in the group.

Scottish Screen - http://www.scottishscreen.com/

Scottish Screen is the national agency which develops and promotes film, television and new media in Scotland and includes the unique Scottish Film and Television Database.

The Showcase: Community Media Online Archive - http://showcase.commedia.org.uk/

The showcase is the world’s first streaming video archive of community media, and is a multimedia website of radio programmes, sound recordings, TV, film and video, Internet projects and learning materials from the community media sector.

Theory.org - http://www.theory.org.uk/

This site provides a range of resources on media, gender & identity.