We are the UK’s national library. We give access to the world’s most comprehensive collection of over 170 million items - a living collection that grows every single day.
Dating back 3,000 years, the collection includes Shakespeare’s First Folio, Magna Carta, a rare recording of Florence Nightingale and even Sylvia Pankhurst’s poems written on toilet paper from prison… But the collection also includes this morning’s newspapers, blogs and tweets, as well as a copy of every UK domain website.
Our collection helps to open up a world of ideas. It can inspire people to start businesses. Spark new works of art and literature. Make scientific discoveries.
Visit bl.uk to start your journey of discovery.
We champion, develop and invest in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people's lives. We support activities across the arts, museums and libraries – from theatre to digital art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections.
By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help deliver this vision.
The School of Advanced Study at the University of London brings together 8 internationally-renowned research institutes to form the UK's national centre for the support and promotion of research in the humanities. The School also hosts a multidisciplinary centre, the Human Rights Consortium.
The School is the only institution in the UK that is nationally funded to promote and facilitate research in the humanities and receives special funding for this purpose from Research England.
Its 8 institutes, many of which have long and distinguished histories, are:
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS)
Institute of Classical Studies (ICS)
Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICwS)
Institute of English Studies (IES)
Institute of Historical Research (IHR)
Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies (ILCS)
Institute of Philosophy (IP)
The Warburg Institute (WI)
Headquarters
Senate House London, WC1E 7HU United Kingdom
Website
http://www.sas.ac.uk
Industry
Higher Education
Type
Educational Institution
Company Size
11-50 employees
Founded
1994