African sources of information
Kenya digital archives: Google has been partnering with the Kenyan National Archives to provide free access to a great new online digital library . This currently has 8 online exhibitions with over 1,000 items in total. Topics are heroes of the nation (including independence) traditional carvings, calabash currently available are images and photographs only. Other […]
World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics
World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics. Launched by the UN this week. Data on population, health, education, work, power, violence, poverty. Visually very pleasing with well-displayed infographics that can easily be downloaded in zip data files or in chapters. The site also has archived reports from 1990 onwards which can be downloaded from the website. […]
The value of Libraries
Neil Gaiman writes for the Guardian about the value of libraries for children and adults alike http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/15/neil-gaiman-future-libraries-reading-daydreaming?CMP=share_btn_fb
Register to vote
Register to vote in UK national, local and EU elections. More information at http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/register-to-vote and http://www.ucu.org.uk/yourvoteisyourvoice
How has the Internet changed scholarly communication?
Useful briefing from the Association of Research Libraries journal which gives a basic overview changes of trends in academic publishing since 1990s, covering journals online books and the implications for libraries. Mainly from a American perspective but examples and references are of value to all seeking a recent history of the impact of the Internet.
Mapping English inequality
The English Indices of deprivation examine and rank multiple deprivation in England. This source from academic Alasdair Rae combines the 2010 and 2015 data with free maps to produce stunning deprivation maps for all 326 of England’s local authorities – all of which are available for download and re-use on his website. Of Particular value […]
Inspiring Women
Royal Holloway College launched the Inspiring Women campaign to salute and celebrate the achievements of women. Their website will focus upon the pioneering role of the college in developing women’s higher education as well as famous women in the wider society. It has news from the archives, podcasts of academics speaking about their inspiring women […]
Do graduates earn more?
Latest analysis from researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Harvard University and the University of Cambridge found that generally they did even during the latest economic recession. One significant finding – the increase was largest for English women around 10 years after graduation who had earnings 3 times higher than non graduates. Get […]
Does racial discrimination occur in British Universities?
Two recent reports have raised disturbing questions Exploring ethnic inequalities in admission to Russell Group universities. Boliver, V. (2015) (available free via Durham University- forthcoming in the Journal Sociology) considers why ethnic minority students are less likely to be admitted to Russell Group universities than white students. Also this week HEFCE released a report which […]
Children, happiness and well-being
According to the latest Good Childhood report 2015 published this week by the Children’s Society, children in the UK are unhappy. The report measures subjective well-being in a number of key areas including relationships with family and friends, school life, satisfaction with appearance, money and possessions. Generally it found that compared to other nations children ‘in […]
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