Program Foundations

Program Details

Travel Planning

Packing Advice

Living in England

Travel Advice

General Information

• Introduction to Britain
• City of Birmingham
• University of Birmingham
• Web links

Some Web Sites You Might Find Useful

General information on Birmingham:

http://www.birmingham.org.uk/home
What's On in Birmingham ( a guide to current arts and leisure activities):http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0800whatson/

On-line newspapers

• The Times: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/
• Guardian Unlimited: http://www.guardian.co.uk/
• The Daily Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk
• The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk
• The Observer http://www.observer.co.uk
• Birmingham newspapers: http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/

UK politics

• Parliament: http://www.parliament.uk
• Labour party: http://www.labour.org.uk
• Conservative Party: http://www.conservatives.com/home.cfm
• Liberal Democrats: http://www.libdems.org.uk/

UK History

• Archaeology: http://www.archaeology.co.uk/
• Historic Maps: http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
• Kings and Queens of England, including current Royal Family: http://www.royal.gov.uk/

So you think you speak English??? Think again. Here's an American/English dictionary:
http://english2american.com/dictionary/wholelot.html

Sports

• Soccer: http://www.soccernet.com/
• Cricket: http://www.usa.cricket.org/link_to_database/NATIONAL/ENG

Travel tips

For hostel accommodation: http://www.hostels.com

U.S. Travel Warnings & Consular InformationSheets: http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html
U.S. State Department list of travel publications: http://travel.state.gov/travel_pubs.html
What to do if you lose your passport: http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_web/acs/passports/lost.htm

Official online guide to England: http://www.travelengland.org.uk/
comprehensive sits on Great Britain: http://travel.org/britain.html or http://information-britain.co.uk/
information on Scotland: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotland.html

For Theatre in London: http://www.albemarle-london.com/news.html
London Theatre Guide: http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/indexframe.html
For good guided walks in London: The Original London Walks: http://london.walks.com.