Using Twitter in university research
Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities – A guide for academics and researchers: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/research/resgroups/LSEPublicPolicy/pdf/Twitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf Published this week by the LSE Public Policy Group Topics covered include: getting started, writing styles and possible usage by academic departments.
Guardian newspaper launches new business blogs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/blog/2011/oct/03/guardian-new-business-blogs Economics blog – with Larry Elliott • Nils Pratley on finance • Business blog – with Jill Treanor Each contains data, stories and analysis.
World Bank eAtlas of Gender
http://www.app.collinsindicate.com/worldbankatlas-gender/en Electronic interactive atlas which provides free access to facts and figures from the latest World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development. Map and export more than 80 indicators relating to gender and development studies. Topics include women and the economy, politics, health, education and society.
Thesis whisperer
http://thethesiswhisperer.wordpress.com/ Great multi author blog designed to support research students writing their theses. It is edited by Dr Inger Mewburn of RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia but contains materials relevant to students all around the world. Topics covered include writing, relations with supervisors and creativity.
Big Innovation Centre
http://www.biginnovationcentre.com/ Launched by the Work Foundation and Lancaster University in September 2011. Chair is Will Hutton. It aims to bring together researchers and the commercial world to create a centre for business orientated research. The website provides information about the aims of the Centre. It also offers free access to its research reports on how […]
World Bank Mobile Apps
http://publications.worldbank.org/index.php?main_page=page&id=16&cid=EXT_TwitterWBPubs_P_EXT The World Bank has launched a number of mobile apps which allow direct access to some of their free statistics. Key examples include: World Bank DataFinder app which lets you access 50 years of World Bank data on global economic indicators Doing Business at a Glance which draws on the data and information from […]
My Subject pages
Subject Rooms are changing their name to My Subject pages. They go live officially on August 15th with the new website, but yours are available now if you would like to have a look. Go to the new website (at the moment the address is http://www2.le.ac.uk/library ) choose My Subject (the tab the furthest right […]
E-G8 Forum
The first G8 conference on the impact of the Internet upon G8 nations was held in Paris on May 24-25th. This website has information on participants, agendas, some papers and videos of key speeches: http://www.eg8forum.com/en/ Many of the key themes covered are summarized in this 70-page report: Internet matters: The Net’s sweeping impact on growth, jobs and prosperity: […]
UK Council for International Student Affairs
The UK Council for International Student Affairs website http://www.ukcisa.org.uk provides access to a useful collection of factsheets covering basic questions asked by international students. Topics include regulations, finance and support services.
The Campaign for Social Science
http://www.campaignforsocialscience.org.uk/ A campaign to fight for the future of social science in the UK was launched yesterday (20th January) at the House of Lords. The Campaign for Social Science will promote UK social science by highlighting the vital role that social science plays in modern society and raising its visibility in the public, media and […]
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