Andrew Dunn
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http://thelearningcurve.pearson.com/ New resource from Pearson and the Economist Intelligence Unit. See country profiles on expenditure and outcomes and Case studies on improvements. UNESCO education section has news about education systems worldwide. This includes: education monitoring statistics Global education digest 2012 Education for all monitoring reports. The latter monitors progress against a number of agreed targets. There is […]
Leveson inquiry
LSE Media Policy Project is analysing reaction. Look at their blog for academic discussion: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2012/11/27/how-will-the-press-cover-leveson/ They also have a special live Polis Leveson Blog: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polislevesonblog/
Jeanette Winterson, tax, libraries and Starbucks, Google and Amazon!
The author Jeanette Winterson delivered the inaugural Reading Agency lecture at the British Library on 19th November. In it she argued that the government should charge Starbucks tax to save libraries. Read more about it on the Reading Agency website http://readingagency.org.uk/news/media/jeanette-winterson-delivers-the-inaugural-the-reading-agency-lecture.html and in the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/nov/19/amazon-starbucks-google-libraries-jeanette-winterson
Internet privacy and freedom of expression
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/publications-and-communication-materials/publications/full-list/global-survey-on-internet-privacy-and-freedom-of-expression/ The above UNESCO survey looks at threats to privacy that have developed through the Internet, and examines international legal standards on privacy. On a related theme the latest Google transparency report shows requests by governments for the removal of internet information rising. Also worryingly, the Berkeley university Web Privacy Census (which aims to measure online privacy […]
World e-Parliament Report 2012
http://www.ictparliament.org/WePReport2012 Prepared by the Global Centre for ICT, the report covers the following topics: Developments in ICT and parliaments since 2010; Communication and engagement with citizens; Achieving openness, transparency, and accountability through websites; Technology services for members; Management of parliamentary documentation; Libraries and research services; Human resources and technical infrastructure; ICT strategic planning and implementation […]
Euro debt crisis
Recently Pew Global Attitudes report stated that it has rocked European unity The Guardian datablog has produced some excellent charts with facts and figures on financial data. BBC news also has some recent graphics. For academic discussion try: Brookings Institution research (from a USA perspective). VOX http://www.voxeu.org/article/understanding-eurozone-crisis EU comment from leading economists in Europe. The ILO […]
Mapping Digital Media
The Center for International Media Assistance in partnership with the Open Society Foundations, announced the publication of an interactive map The project examines the global opportunities and risks created by the transition from traditional to digital media. Covering 60 countries you can map social media use, broadband connections and digital TV. The Open Society Foundation has […]
American presidency and social media
http://techpresident.com/news/23104/help-digital-infrastructure-obama-wins-re-election TechPresident has a good review of the role of social media in the election. Mashable has a good compilation of stories about this during the campaign. C-Span has a discusion of the topic.
Equal pay day
A report from the Fawcett society claims a backward step for women in closing the gender pay gap in the UK. See other campaign material on their website for more reports and statistics. To research this topic further. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has the legal facts. It also has the sex and power […]
Sandy: Crisis response
Crisis Response maps from Google: http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy marks disaster areas. Also highlights local emergency twitter feeds. Separate maps for the whole of the USA and NYC are available. They include geographical markers for different types of emergencies. Location tracking, including the current and forecasted paths were provided on the NOAA-National Hurricane Center national weather service. Search the […]
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