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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 […]
Women work for free for 100 minutes per day…
ccording to the National Management Salary Survey published by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and salary specialist XpertHR. This calculation is made on the basis of a survey of 72,000 UK managers. They calculate that women in equivalent managerial roles earn on average 22% less which equals in 1 hour 40 minutes extra unpaid work for women […]
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 […]
Do private school students earn more?
The latest study from the Sutton Trust examined the salaries of private school educated graduates and compared them with those who attended state schools. A key finding was that three and a half years after graduation, private school graduates in top jobs earnt £4,500 more than their state school counterparts. The report considers whether this was […]
Trafficking in Persons report 2015
The latest annual report from the US government traces trends and ranks nations worldwide. All reports from 2001 can be downloaded from the website. The United Nations UNODC also produces reports on global trafficking Its website also contains a legal database of human trafficking case law The ILO maintains a site with information and facts […]
Which universities have the best academic reputation?
An interesting new white paper which reviews the results from Thomson Reuters Academic Reputation Surveys 2010-2014. The survey polls over 60,000 academic staff worldwide to get their opinion on university performance. The research paper examines 5 year trends to enable you to see which universities have the fastest growing reputation in specific subject areas. See […]
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