Past Issues

RaPAL Journal Catalogue

The most recent two years’ of journals are available to members, and through EBSCO Information Services. 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 (current issues are available in the members' section):

• RaPAL 107 2023 Open Edition
• RaPAL 106 2022/3 Open Edition | Back-up PDF
• RaPAL 105 2022 International Perspective on Responses to Covid-19 | Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 104 2021/2 Qualifications | Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 103 2021 Building Back Better | Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 102 2021 RaPAL 100 and COVID-19 | Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 101 2020/21 Practitioner Action Research Edition | Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 100(ii) 2020 Special Edition
• RaPAL 100(i) 2020 Special Edition
• RaPAL 99 2019 2019 Conference Edition | Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 98 2019 Creative Responses to Literacies Policies Edition | Back-up pdf 
• RaPAL 97 2019 Conference 2018 Edition | Back-up pdf 
• RaPAL 96 2018/19 Collaboration and Connections | Back-up pdf 
• RaPAL 95 2018 Literacies in Different Spaces | Back-up pdf 
• RaPAL 94 2018 Innovation and Impact | Back-up pdf 
• RaPAL 93 2017/8 Global Literacies Edition | Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 92 2017 Numeracy Edition | Full Digital Journal
• RaPAL 91 2017 Joint Conference 2016 Edition | Full Digital Journal | Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 90 2016 Digital Literacies | Full Digital Journal | Back-up pdf
• RaPAL 89 2016 keeping learning meaningful | Full Digital Journal
• RaPAL 88 2016 Conference 2015 Plus | Full Digital Journal 
• RaPAL 87 2015 Commemorating 30 Years of RaPAL | Full Digital Journal 
• RaPAL 86 2015 Learning Literacies | Full Digital Journal 
• RaPAL 85 2014/5 Joint RaPAL UCU NIACE NRDC Conference Edition | Full Digital Journal 
• RaPAL 84 2014 Women and Literacies | Full Digital Journal 
• RaPAL 83 2014 Health Literacies, Partnerships and Literacies | Full Digital Journal 
• RaPAL 82 2013/4 Joint UCU NIACE Conference 2014 Plus Adult English and maths in Families, Communities and Workplaces | Full Digital Journal 
• RaPAL 81 2013 Family Literacies | Full Digital Journal 
• RaPAL 80 2013 Open Edition | Full Journal
• RaPAL 79 2012 Joint UCU NIACE Conference Edition Adults Learning English and Maths: reflecting on policy, research and practice | Full Journal
• RaPAL 78 2012 Open Edition | Full Journal
• RaPAL 77 2012 Literacies in the Workplace | Full Journal
• RaPAL 76 2011/2 Conference Edition Literacies in place and time: Looking in, looking out, looking back, looking forward | Full Journal
• RaPAL 75 2011 Open Edition | Full Journal
• RaPAL 74 2011 Digital Literacies | Full Journal
• RaPAL 73 2010 Conference Edition Multiliteracies; Principles and Practice of Lifelong Learning | Full Journal
• RaPAL 72 2010 Open Edition | Full Journal
• RaPAL 71 2010 Conference Edition Sustainable Literacies | Full Journal
• RaPAL 70 2009 Changing Landscapes of Literacy and Learning | Full Journal
• RaPAL 68 and 69 2009 Double Open Edition | Full Journal
• RaPAL 67 2008 Conference Edition Inclusion and Engagement in Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL | Full Journal
• RaPAL 66 2008 The Work of the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC) | Full Journal
• RaPAL 65 2008 Open Edition | Full Journal
• RaPAL 64 2007 Conference Edition Learning Journeys, Voices and Identities in Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL | Full Journal
• RaPAL 63 2007 International Perspectives on Practice, Pedagogy and Policy | Full Journal
• RaPAL 62 2007 Open Edition | Full Journal
• RaPAL 61 2006 Conference Edition Transforming Literacies | Full Journal
• RaPAL 60 2006 Scottish Policy and Practice | Full Journal
• RaPAL 59 2006 Numeracy | Full Journal
• RaPAL 58 2005 Conference Edition Creativity in Adult Literacies Learning | Full Journal
• RaPAL 57 2005 Multimodal Literacies and Skills for Life | Full Journal
• RaPAL 56 2005 Philosophy of Practice | 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.