What young people think and feel
A fascinating worldwide survey from the Varkey Foundation which surveyed over 20,000 young people (born 1995-2001) in 20 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the UK and the US) It includes a section on happiness and anxiety which has answers to such […]
We need more women in science.
The UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science was celebrated on 11 February. This aims to increase awareness of the crucial role women and girls play in science and to ensure gender equality. For more information on gender gaps in science read these useful articles from the Conversation blog.
Does social class still matter?
A landmark report on the State of Child Health released by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health found that the UK rated poorly in a comparison health of children in European Nations. 25 indicators were compared including infant mortality, obesity, immunisation and breastfeeding and in most cases poor health was linked with social deprivation […]
What do new graduates earn?
Find out in the latest annual review of the Graduate market from High Fliers research. Find out how the number of job vacancies for new graduates has changed from 2007-2017. Vacancies by sector and average salaries. Also released this week the all party parliamentary group social mobility examines the impact of social background on access […]
Development studies
Two major annual reports released recently. African Human Development report 2016 focuses upon women’s empowerment. The Arab Human Development report focuses upon Youth. Keep up to date with recent publications by checking the magnificent ELDIS website .
Innovations in Education
Get insight into recent and forthcoming trends in the latest innovating pedagogy report from the researchers at the Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK, and the Learning Sciences Lab, National Institute of Education, Singapore. It has great case studies of learning through social media, crowdsourcing and teachback. Earlier reports from 2012 onwards are […]
Is the UK an equal society?
Released this week, the Casey Review into opportunity and integration. This independent review was commissioned in July 2015 and conducted by Dame Louise Casey. In her summary she states that she wanted to consider the nature and extent of social deprivation and division in society and how it could give rise to intolerance and hate. Large […]
Where do Graduates Move to?
Interesting report from the Centre for Cities which argues that there is a brain drain with UK graduates migrating towards London and other larger cities. Get the full facts by downloading the report from the website.
Urban transformations
Get the latest news and research from this ESRC funded network coordinated by the University of Oxford. Key topics include demography, socio cultural change and governance. Also launched this month the Happy City index which has been created by a company in Bristol and seeks to measure and increase well being. See its 2016 ranking […]
Global university ranking of employability
Which university graduates are favoured by employers? See the 2016 ranking of 150 institutions from the Times Higher. It includes definitions of what employers want when they are recruiting in terms of knowledge and experience. Methodology is described on the website.
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