Geoscholar

GeoScholar is a set of free geological data - available in GIS format - for UK universities and the higher education sector, to support teaching and learning within the geosciences.

The dataset includes:

• digital geological map data from BGS
• aerial photos from Infoterra
• NEXTmap digital terrain model from Intermap Technologies
• borehole data and their corresponding logs
• several BGS geological map sheets

GeoScholar is available under free licence to academic institutions. Please note that only academic institutions can apply for a licence – GeoScholar data and licenses are not available to individual students.

Geo-Refer

The Geo-Refer project involves the creation and deployment of a digital library of learning resources targeted at social scientists whose primary discipline is not geography, but whose research requires them to use and link geographically referenced data. Geographical location provides a key mechanism for linkage between sources, for example between individual-level survey responses or health records and existing secondary data such as that provided by the census of population.

Further examples include sets of data for incompatible areal units and primary data collection using the global positioning system.

Intute: Social Sciences (Institute for Learning and Research Technology, University of Bristol; University of Birmingham)

Intute: Social Sciences has been created by bringing together two of the Hubs of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN): Altis and SOSIG. In combining the resources and services of these two services, Intute: Social Sciences offers tools for discovering quality-checked Internet resources for education and research for the social sciences, including law, business, statistics, human geography, sport and tourism.

Virtual Training Suite (Intute)

Subject-based online tutorials for developing skills in using the Internet for research. Try the Internet for Social Statistics, or Internet for Social Research Methods. Intute is a UK network of subject-based hubs for finding quality scholarly information on the Internet.

Beginners' Guide to UK Geography

Beginners' Guide to UK Geography is a simple, informative and colourful tour of the main territorial units used in National Statistics work. Users are able to obtain basic facts on each type of area, as well as more specialist information on topics such as boundary change. Many of its web pages provide access to area names and codes listings, and there is also a separate maps menu. Whether you want to know the difference between a ward and a parish, how many Westminster constituencies there are in the UK, or simply the name of the longest river in Wales, the Beginners' Guide to UK Geography is your ideal reference source.

ESRI Virtual Campus

ESRI have produced a virtual training campus which provides GIS-related training and education. Some free training courses are available.