Frequently Asked Questions

Who can log in?

UEL staff and students can use their user IDS to favourite material, guests can use the e-shelf (which lets you favourite content) for the duration of their visit, but cannot save their searches

I type in Olympics but can't find many Olympics documents! What should I search for?

As the archive is in its first year it concentrates on themes such as health and wellbeing, regeneration and community opinions rather than using the term Olympics.

If you would like to access 'Well London' documents use that as a search term

If you would like to watch films of the focus group research you can click on the menu bar at the top

If you would like to read Gavin Poynter's guides to legacy, search for guides and legacy as a search term

If you would like to search for Greater London Authority documents use that as a search term and expand your search for particular subjects

If you would like to search for oral history transcripts, use oral history as a search term

If you would like to look at photographs of research and events, click on the photos link on the menu bar. The photographs are not searchable

What did the team focus on?

The ELL2012 project team carried out research in five East London boroughs (Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets & Waltham Forest) with the objective of documenting any changes as the Olympics approach. In its first year the project team asked:

• What did people think about the Olympics being hosted in London?
• What hopes and fears did people have for the way the Olympics would turn out?
• What would make the Olympics good or bad for local people?
• Could people give us one word that would sum up their feelings about the Games?
• Would the Olympics inspire people to do things differently, take up opportunities, or had they attempted and found this hard?

Can I quote from or use the material?

You are welcome to use our material. Please refer to our licence in 'terms' and found at the front of most documents. For focus groups citations please quote the name of the focus group, URL and the East London Lives 2012 archive.

Please be aware that documents produced by the Greater London Authority should be appropriately referenced and are not the copyright of the University of East London.

Can I deep link to this website?

Please contact ELL2012@uel.ac.uk for permission

Please contact for any more information:

ell2012@uel.ac.uk

or press@uel.ac.uk