Who trusts advertising ?
Free to download from the Nielsen site a report on global trust in advertising. It considers whether people trust traditional media more than the internet online and mobile. Does it matter where they live or their age.
Digital Exclusion
Digital Exclusion Heatmap Get data on the extent and nature of digital exclusion in the today using this handy map from charity Go On. It uses data and analysis from Local Government Association and The London School of Economics and Political Science to measure basic digital literacy skills in the UK. Look up a local […]
Do you earn enough money to live in London?
Try out this calculator from the Trust for London which calculates levels of basic income for different types of households. According to research from Loughborough University one third of Londoners currently fall below this level. The website enables you to download the full report to investigate this further. London’s Poverty Profile 2015 has also just […]
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. […]
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.
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 […]
Historical Newspaper Archives: Finance and Economics
The University has recently acquired some historical newspaper archives amongst which are the Economist 1843-2011 and the Financial Times 1888-2010. For more information see our News Sources Page or the Gale NewsVault information page.
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 […]
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