Past Issues

RaPAL Journal Catalogue

The most recent two years’ of journals are available to members. The links below provide Overviews (contents pages and editorial) and Full Journals for the back catalogue. In addition, the following institutions’ libraries hold near complete collections of past RaPAL journals and the previous bulletins:

• the Institute of Education, London, UK
• the South East Technical University (previously Waterford Institute of Technology), Waterford, RoI

Here we catalogue back issues:

• RaPAL 106 2022/3 Open Edition
• RaPAL 105 2022 International Perspective on Responses to Covid-19

• RaPAL 104 2021/2 Qualifications
• RaPAL 103 2021 Building Back Better
• RaPAL 102 2021 RaPAL 100 and COVID-19
• RaPAL 101 2020/21 Practitioner Action Research Edition
• RaPAL 100(ii) 2020 Special Edition Back-up pdf

• RaPAL 100(i) 2020 Special Edition Back-up pdf

• RaPAL 99 2019 2019 Conference Edition Back-up pdf

• RaPAL 98 2019 Creative Responses to Literacies Policies Edition Overview Back-up pdf 

• RaPAL 97 2019 Conference 2018 Edition Overview Back-up pdf 

• RaPAL 96 2018/19 Collaboration and Connections Overview Back-up pdf 

• RaPAL 95 2018 Literacies in Different Spaces Overview Back-up pdf 

• RaPAL 94 2018 Innovation and Impact Overview Back-up pdf 

• RaPAL 93 2017/8 Global Literacies Edition Overview Full Digital Journal Back-up pdf

• RaPAL 92 2017 Numeracy Edition Overview Full Digital Journal Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 91 2017 Joint Conference 2016 Edition Overview Full Digital Journal Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 90 2016 Digital Literacies Overview Full Digital Journal Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 89 2016 keeping learning meaningful Overview Full Digital Journal Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 88 2016 Conference 2015 Plus Overview Full Digital Journal Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 87 2015 Commemorating 30 Years of RaPAL Overview Full Digital Journal Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 86 2015 Learning Literacies Overview Full Digital Journal Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 85 2014/5 Joint RaPAL UCU NIACE NRDC Conference Edition Overview Full Digital Journal Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 84 2014 Women and Literacies Overview Full Digital Journal Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 83 2014 Health Literacies, Partnerships and Literacies Overview Full Digital Journal Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 82 2013/4 Joint UCU NIACE Conference 2014 Plus Adult English and maths in Families, Communities and Workplaces Overview Full Digital Journal Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 81 2013 Family Literacies Overview Full Digital Journal Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 80 2013 Open Edition Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 79 2012 Joint UCU NIACE Conference Edition Adults Learning English and Maths: reflecting on policy, research and practice Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 78 2012 Open Edition Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 77 2012 Literacies in the Workplace Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 76 2011/2 Conference Edition Literacies in place and time: Looking in, looking out, looking back, looking forward Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 75 2011 Open Edition Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 74 2011 Digital Literacies Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 73 2010 Conference Edition Multiliteracies; Principles and Practice of Lifelong Learning Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 72 2010 Open Edition Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 71 2010 Conference Edition Sustainable Literacies Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 70 2009 Changing Landscapes of Literacy and Learning Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 68 and 69 2009 Double Open Edition Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 67 2008 Conference Edition Inclusion and Engagement in Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 66 2008 The Work of the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC) Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 65 2008 Open Edition Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 64 2007 Conference Edition Learning Journeys, Voices and Identities in Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 63 2007 International Perspectives on Practice, Pedagogy and Policy Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 62 2007 Open Edition Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 61 2006 Conference Edition Transforming Literacies Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 60 2006 Scottish Policy and Practice Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 59 2006 Numeracy Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 58 2005 Conference Edition Creativity in Adult Literacies Learning Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 57 2005 Multimodal Literacies and Skills for Life Overview Full Journal
• RaPAL 56 2005 Philosophy of Practice Overview Full Journal

Legal Deposits

Since 2002, the RaPAL journals are deposited with:

• the British Library, London, UK
• the Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK
• the University Library, Cambridge, UK
• the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK
• the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK
• the Trinity College, Dublin, RoI

where the publications can be accessed onsite.