Net Children Go Mobile Project
http://www.netchildrengomobile.eu/ A new project funded by the Safer Internet Programme of the European Commission has been launched. It will study data on children and the mobile internet in Denmark, Italy, Romania and the UK. This will produce both quantitative and qualitative data and research reports. The website has project specifications and news.
Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK and EU, 2005-20
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/household-income/poverty-and-social-exclusion-in-the-uk-and-eu/2005-2011/rpt–poverty-and-social-exclusion.html New report from the UK Office of National statistics. The percentage of people who say they are unable to meet unexpected financial expenses has increased considerably since the start of the economic downturn, up from 26.6% in 2007 to 36.6% in 2011. The proportion of people unable to afford an annual holiday has also […]
Ipso Mori state of the nation report 2013
Ipso Mori state of the nation report 2013 examined public attitudes towards the economy and indicated a growing optimism in relation to last year. Ipsos MORI carried out 2,515 interviews online with British adults aged 16-75. Fieldwork took place between 23-27 November 2012. http://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3111/State-of-the-Nation-2013.aspx Other topics include brutishness & national identity. For older materials on […]
Gay marriage in the UK
Gay marriage In the latest development gay marriage is to be made illegal in the Church of England see the BBC parliamentary announcement. See the Home office response to the recent consultation and the original consultation. Members of the conservative party launch a new group to support gay marriage called Freedom to marry . A key […]
16 days of action to eliminate violence against women
From the 25th November to 10th December activists across the world are taking part in the 16 days of action against gender violence as part of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This UN day has its own website with campaign materials. It also marks the beginning of the 16 Days of […]
Learning Curve- how do education systems rank?
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 […]
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
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 […]
Global Gender Gap report 2012
The World Economic Forum has just released this annual report. The Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education- and health-based criteria, and provides country rankings: http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-gender-gap-report-2012
PSE: UK Poverty and social exclusion
http://www.poverty.ac.uk/ has just been re-launched, with a host of new features to improve access to the project data and findings. PSE: UK provides free access to definitions of poverty, the full text of In Poverty in the United Kingdom (1979), Peter Townsend and the latest research findings. Other key research groupson this topic include Centre for […]
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