Gender statistics database
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) (an autonomous body of the European Union) has just launched a new gender statistics database for researchers which enables easy comparisons between European and other nations. It includes indicators on men and women in many fields ranging from health to education, work and earnings, social attitudes and gender-based violence. […]
‘Women still under-represented in UK HE management positions’
The latest report from the non profit organisation Women Count indexes the representation of women as governors, Chairs and Vice-Chancellors in each of the 166 HEIs in the UK that are publicly funded. It finds that although improvements have occurred since 2013, women only hold 28% of Chancellor roles. Men are 78% of all Vice-Chancellors or […]
Europe-wide data
The European Data portal has now passed from Beta to permanence. You can now use it to quickly find news and the latest open data from EU nations. It includes 13 browsable categories ranging from health to cities. There is also a data training companion. Also growing is the broader OpenAire website which now has […]
New United Nations app
UNU Jargon Buster glossary app for smartphones has about 450 A-Z entries. Find out what the many UN abbreviations mean including those of programmes and organisations. They are also helpfully cross-referenced with the Sustainable Development Goals. If you are looking for help with research on the United Nations try the helpful guides produced by the Dag […]
Economists on Twitter
The working paper site RePEc has just launched its own directory of economists who tweet. This currently lists over 150 who fulfil the criteria of inclusion given on the website. If you have not visited RePEc recently, it now indexes over 2 million economics, finance working papers many leading to abstracts and full text. The site […]
NMC Horizon Report 2016 Higher Education Edition
A collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. Download the full text from the website. What trends does it predict for the future use of technology in Higher Education. What are the challenges? Bring your own device and learning analytics are seen to be some of the key areas in […]
What does your vice–chancellor earn?
How do pay and perks compare at the UK top universities? Find out in the annual report from UCU union Transparency at the top? This was published as part of its campaign for greater transparency in UK university executive pay. It also includes expenditure on air flights, hotel accommodation and expenses. How does your pay compare? […]
Celebrating LGBT History month
February is LGBT History month http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/ Take a look at the Gay t-Shirt archive! Wearing Gay History a digital archive of American LGBT t-shirts. created by Doctoral student Eric Gonzaba who digitized the entire t-shirt collection of the Chris Gonzalez Library and Archives in Indiana T-shirts have been used to express gay identity, politics and pride […]
Universal credit – does anyone benefit?
IFS has conducted an economic analysis into the impact finding that it ‘will tend to weaken the incentive for single parents to be in work, and to strengthen the incentive for couples to have one person in work (rather than none or two).’ For background see the UK government official website . It includes this […]
Google and tax
The charity Full Fact has examined the claim that Google only pays 3% of its profits in tax. Consult its website to see what it concludes.
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