Links to UK basic skills resources

Adult Basic Skills Resource Centre
Adult Basic Skills Resource Centre for students and tutors is a website used for classes at Abingdon and Witney College. It includes interactive exercises and downloadable resources as well as numerous useful links to other basic skills sites.
www.members.aol.com/skillsworkshop/

Avanti Books
This company specialises in supplying basic skills materials from over 70 publishers for post-16 and adult students.
www.avantibooks.com/epages/avantibooks.storefront

BBC Learning for Adults
Offers a web guide for adult learning including Skillswise which aims to improve adults' reading, writing and maths skills.
www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/adult_learning.shtml

Becta
Becta's ESOL pages contain materials, case studies and other resources produced in adult and community centres.
www.becta.org.uk/

DfES's Learning Resources
The Department for Education and Skills' Way to Learn links to online resources and to sites for those with special needs and for those who are non-English speakers.
www.waytolearn.co.uk

FE Resources for Learning (FERL)
The FERL website contains information about resources for teaching and learning.
ferl.becta.org.uk/

Financial Literacy
Financial Literacy is a programme managed by the BSA. Schemes of work, lesson plans, online activities and taster modules are included under Learning Activities.
www.money-bsa.org.uk/index.php

London Language and Literacy Unit (LLU+)
The LLU+ Resource Centre at London South Bank University is a part of the Central London Skills for Life Professional Development Centre. The collection of teaching aids, for loan and for reference, caters for teachers, trainees and students of adult education.
www.lsbu.ac.uk/lluplus/

Mathsnet
An education website incorporating maths learning and games.
www.mathsnet.net/

National Institute for Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
NIACE has an online catalogue of NIACE publications.
www.niace.org.uk/

Skillswise (BBC)
Skillswise is an online resource for students and tutors offering resources, online lesson plans, training and a messageboard.
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/