Changing Faces Archive

Documentation archive of the Changing Faces Project. It includes papers and documents from campaign groups, minutes from meetings, local and national policy initiatives and programmes, media campaigns; dissertations and theses that cover this area and histories that have been written about specific groups, organizations, policy or geographical areas. The project also collected examples of worksheets, schemes of work and teaching resources, photographs and other artefacts. The contents were sourced from groups the project visited; resulted from practitioner events and newsletters; and personal materials donated by individuals.

Items are arranged thematically in boxes. Each theme is listed in their boxes alphabetically.

<p>Transcripts of oral history interviews are held at the <extref href="https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5473-1">National UK data archive</extref>.</p>

• <persname>Hamilton, Mary, b 1949</<persname>
• <corpname>Lancaster University, Department of Educational Research</corpname>
• <corpname>Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education</corpname>

The collection can be accessed by appointment in the Archives Research Centre. Requests for access must be made at least one week in advance to ensure we are able to book your place and retrieve the requested material ahead of your visit.

The collection was created as part of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre by Mary Hamilton and Yvonne Hillier. Mary subsequently went on to work for the current Educational Research department at Lancaster University Library and transferred the documentary archive to the University Library in 2006.

The Changing Faces of Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL: A Critital History of Policy and Practice Project took an historical look at policy and practice in the field of Adult literacy, Language and Numeracy (ALLN) between 1970 and 2002. By bringing together the perspectives of the main stakeholder groups on basic skills policy, the study aimed to identify the key issues and mechanisms that have driven change in the field. By assessing the relevance of the policies to the changing context of basic skills in everyday life, it makes a contribution to the effectiveness of future policy and practice in ALLN.

The project was led by Mary Hamilton, Lancaster University; Yvonne Hillier, City University; and Samantha Parsons, Institute of Education, London. The Changing Faces Project was funded by the Economic and Social Science Research Council.