Newman University Library: Youth and Community Work: Websites

Useful websites for Youth and Community Work

Youth and Community Work resources
Statistics

CRESC - Centre for research of socio-cultural change
A project between the Open University and the University of Manchester that undertook research research projects looking at how changes in society and culture are influencing each other and what is driving them.
British Library: Citizenship - dreamers and dissenters
Learning resources from the British Library on people who have changed society with their ideas and actions.
National Youth Agency
A national organisation that advocates for young people, youth work and youth workers in England.

Statistics are used by academics to support and develop arguments and theories. Use statistics in assignments or research to add weight to your arguments.

UK Official Statistics from the Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the most important source for UK official statistics. It collects, analyses and publishes statistics about the UK’s economy, society and population.

ONS statistics cover a range of different topics and subjects. As a Counselling student, you may wish to explore the following sections:

ONS People, Population and Community
People living in the UK, changes in the population, how we spend our money, and data on crime, relationships, health, education, culture and religion.

Statistics from government departments

Government departments also release statistics related to their functions and the policies that they implement.

UK Government Research and Statistics
You can use this page to search for official statistics released by government departments. As a starting point, you may wish to use the 'Organisation' menu on the left-hand side to search for 'Home Office' or 'Justice'.

Guidance on using Internet resources

With millions of resources available on the internet, it can be difficult to find relevant and appropriate material even if you have good search skills.

The following tips will help you to develop your website evaluation skills for your reading, assignments and research. They're also handy for assessing any information you come across, online or offline, in your studies or in your life outside of university.

Use the CRAAP Test developed by the Meriam Library in California. CRAAP stands for ‘Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy and Purpose’.
Ask your Academic Service Librarian for help with improving your information evaluation skills. They offer one-to-one support tutorials and workshops throughout the year.

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Voices of Youth - UNESCO
The United Nations Children's Fund is an international charity that campaigns on children's needs and children's rights. 'Voices of Youth' is its cross-cultural advocacy project.

TV and Radio programmes

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Box of Broadcasts is an online streaming and archive service for TV and radio programmes for universities.

You can view and record over 2 million TV and radio programmes including off-air recordings from the BBC going back to 2007. You can also record programmes up to 30 days after broadcast from over 60 TV and radio channels.

Box of Broadcasts also allows you to create clips from programmes and share these with other users. You can keep your recorded programmes and clips for as long as you need them. You can also search other users’ content.

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