Staff with caregiving responsibilities in UK higher education: Findings from a national study
A recent national study in UK Higher Education reveals that staff with caregiving responsibilities face significant challenges in both their working and personal lives. The study has a literature review on juggling caring for family and relatives with work in both academic and professional roles. It includes coverage of career progression, time management and institutional policies.
Voluntary sector, learning disabilities and autism, and digital inequalities webinars
The Centre for Health Promotion Research at Leeds Beckett University has launched a series of free online webinars covering tips and guidance. You can view and download the: • animation about ‘Six top tips for community organisations‘ • evidence briefing about ‘Digital accessibility for voluntary sector organisations delivering services to people with learning disabilities and autistic […]
Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure
This ILO Working Paper updates an earlier 2023 edition. It examines potential job threats posed by AI in different sectors using a methodology provided. Conclusions state that “Globally, one in four workers are in an occupation with some GenAI exposure. 3.3% of global employment falls into the highest exposure category, albeit with significant differences between […]
Opportunity Index
A map and report released this week by the Sutton trust which explores social mobility in relationship to background and geographical location. alongside it is an interactive map. The map uses rankings of parliamentary constituencies in England which enables researchers to you to explore access to opportunity for disadvantaged young people in different constituencies across England. […]
The World Elite Database project
The WED is an international consortium of scholars working together to develop a new standardized data regime to study and share data about elites across the world. These are defined as rich list members, top CEOs, elected politicians and top bureaucrats, interest groups (business organisations, lobbies, unions). The website is developing data from 15 nations, […]
Russell Lee coal mining exhibits
From the US National archives historic photographs of working lives in the USA. The 1946 coal mining survey gave Americans new insight to the conditions that miners and their families lived in. They also include images related to segregation.
MOnetary ValuE of health at older ages (MOVE) Simulator
Developed by the WHO Demographic Change and Healthy Ageing Unit, the MOVE simulator allows a user to estimate the value of changes in health status for an individual or a population based on data from harmonized European time use surveys (HETUS).The main idea behind this is is that time is money. Healthy people spend more […]
Bosses’ high pay
FTSE 100 bosses earnt more money in the first 3 days than an average worker in a year. Get the facts on how this was calculated from the High Pay Centre .The website has a useful database on CEO pay in UK.
Gender pay gap
20th November 2024 is equal pay day, the day on which it is calculated that British women stop being paid compared to men so effectively there is a gap of over 5 weeks wages between male and female pay. The Fawcett society published a report with data which found that almost two-thirds of the gender pay gap would […]
Disability and employment
Trade Board records can give us a rare glimpse into the experiences and treatment of individual workers with disabilities or chronic illness in the early 20th century. The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick has an online collection Also this Social History Society blog post from a few years ago by Andy Holroyde, University of […]
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