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Sources of information on Britain.

Please note that this article has not been updated for some time and some links may not work

Education

http://www.ecctis.co.uk/
http://www.hobsons.co.uk/
A map of UK universities.
The MerlinFalcon guide to taught postgraduate courses in the UK and Ireland.
The MerlinFalcon guide to postgraduate research opportunities in the UK and Ireland
The MerlinFalcon MBA guide
ISBI The Database (Independent Schools of the British Isles)
UCAS
Information about NERC studentships and research awards
NISS Noticeboard. All new postgraduate courses available in UK higher education institutions, and sponsored postgraduate studentships

Government and politics

http://www.open.gov.uk/ The British Government home page with links to most UK government departments.
The Conservative Party.
The Labour Party.
The Liberal Democrats
The Prime Ministers page
Parliament (including Hansard)
HMSO
The British Monarchy
The United Nations
The World Bank

Newspapers and current events

Current UK and Ireland headlines
The Press Association
The Daily Telegraph
The Financial Times
The Guardian
The London Times.
Research Index (fortnightly printed index to UK newspapers and trade magazines)
The Weather. (Don't bother to look - its going to be cold and wet!)
UK media - newspapers, journals etc - links.

Television stations

The BBC
Carlton Television
Channel 4

UK search engines

Bigfoot - multi search engine type page.
Euroferret
Excite UK
G.O.D.
Scoot (freepages)
The UK Index
UKPlus
The UK Yahoo
The Yellow Pages.
An explanation of some of these search engines and a comparisons chart is available at my site here.

General introductory pages

The UK Guide
Theatres
The British Tourist Authority

Sport

Football: Carling Net Premier Division
Tennis: Wimbledon
Cricket: Lords
Golf: UK golf pages

Librarianship

ASLIB
BUBL
The Library Association
TFPL
UKOLUG (UK Online User Group)

Humour

British Railway timetable schedules.

Maps

http://uk.multimap.com/map/places.cgi

Adult literacy

The Literacy Research Group
The Literacy Trust
NIACE - the National Organisation for Adult Learning in England and Wales

Human rights

The Human Rights Internet
UN Human rights website

Stop Press!

A quick listing of links that I've not had time to annotate properly.
Online banking with the Alliance and Leicester
Blackwell's Online Bookshop
The National Lottery
Electronic Yellow Pages
Virgin Radio
London Theatre Guide
The Environment
The Internet Movie Database
Urban legends (OK, its not UK related, but its good fun!)

This page last updated on 14th May 1999