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Shocking statistics The latest annual edition of the Global Peace index from the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). It uses 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators to rate levels of peace in 163 nations worldwide. These include conflicts, security and militarisation of society.
International Education Data Explorer
International Education Data Explorer is a tool from the National Center for Education Statistics at the Institute of Education Sciences which forms part of the U.S. Department of Education. It enables users to compare and create charts from international education data taken from a number of major leading surveys these include: Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) […]
Kleptocracy Archive
What is a kleptocracy? Kleptocracy is a system in which well-connected elite is able to use patronage or corruption to exploit the national resources for individual gain. This site has been launched by the Hudson Institute and Kleptocracy Intiative to provide insight into the business networks and influence of individuals many based in Russia and […]
EU referendum – some predictions
Who will win – leave or remain? Get some predictions and look at the social monitoring from the SENSE-EU which has been developed by the SENSEI European Project. It is monitoring websites and social media using experimental analytic technologies for the automatic classification of agreement and disagreement and mood in social media. Partners include: University […]
Does the UK have a digital skills crisis?
According to the latest report by the Science and Technology select committee the ‘evidence is clear that the UK faces a digital skills crisis’. ‘…up to 12.6 million of the adult UK population lack basic digital skills. An estimated 5.8 million people have never used the internet at all. This digital skills gap is costing […]
Are children in the UK exposed to online pornography?
And if so, what impact does it have on their lives and relationships? The NSPCC and the Children’s Commissioner asked Middlesex University to conduct a study. The research consisted of an online survey of 1001 children and young people aged 11-16 across the UK, an online discussion forum and online focus groups. It includes qualitative […]
Prolife Newsletters Digital Collection
Get an insight into the challenges faced by American women campaigners for the right to choose by consulting this new online collection from Georgia State University. It comprises a collection of documents and newsletters from anti-abortion and some anti-euthanasia groups in the USA. Most materials cover the period 1977-1993 and comprise state as well as national […]
What do students think of their courses?
Find out by downloading the 2016 Student academic experience survey from Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the Higher Education Academy. It includes opinions of overall satisfaction, value for money and fees. Also offered are student perceptions of teaching skills, workloads and feedback and there is a section on student well being. Find more on […]
Digital archive of avant-garde and modernist magazines (1890-1945)
Monoskop maintains a digital archive of printed avant-garde and modernist magazines dating from the late-19th century to the late 1930s, published in Europe and North America. These include Bauhaus, surrealism and other political, literary and art movements. Links are provided on a wiki to locations on different websites. There is also a gallery of images and a […]
UK Political web observatory
UK Political Web Observatory has been created by Linkfluence and Westminster Advisers with Dr Nick Anstead. In early 2016 they examined 819 sites to create a spatialised visual interactive map of online networks viewpoint on Brexit enabling users to explore the interconnections and influence of specific groups. Detailed information on the methodology used is available […]
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