Where are the world’s happiest places?
World Happiness Report 2018, ranks 156 countries by their happiness levels. The 2019 report is due to be launched on the 20th March – International Day of Happiness. Download the data and consult the methodology on the website.
The World Wide Web is 30 years old
On March 12, 1989, British computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted his proposal for what would become the World Wide Web to his boss at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Here is his second draft plan from 1990. The official celebration site has the history They also have some sound tracks they have created to express […]
Images of Woman – Visual Communication in Advertising
A really great site for students created by Trevor Millum who studied History at Birmingham University before completing a PhD at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies in Visual Communication in Advertising. It is based on his PhD thesis with added content including advice on analysing images and further images added from the 21st century. The original […]
Express and Star Photo Archive
A new historic social history resource recently launched, recording local life from the 1880s through to the digital age, the Express & Star Photo Archive is a leading regional newspaper published by The Midland News Association Ltd (MNA) with different editions covering the Black Country and Staffordshire. This site has been made possible by National […]
Which cities have the best tech industry?
Find out using the 2019 Savills Tech index. It measures over 100 metrics. View the stunning graphics in this presentation,
How well are companies managing their cybersecurity?
Find out more in this UK government annual assessment of FTSE 350 companies. The a survey assessed awareness of risk, strategies and measures.
Canadian Gender Gap tracker launched
Informed Opinions has produced the Gender Gap Tracker in partnership with Simon Fraser University. It analyses the ratio of males and females who are quoted in seven major Canadian news publications. The screen shows the last 7 days. Sources include Globe, Huffington Post and CBC. The graphic images really display a gender imbalance. The full methodology is […]
Hope Not Hate: the State of Hate in 2019
Annual report from the group which monitors online hate, islamophobia, homophobia and the state of the far right in Britain today.
Diversity in Media new tool
DIVA is an online resource developed by David Deacon and James Stanyer of the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, Loughborough University in collaboration with Business Intelligence And Strategy (B.I.A.S) and is supported Research England’s Higher Education Innovation Fund. Concerns about the diversity of media content and representation are concerned with questions of both […]
LGBT+ History month
February is LGBT+ History month. Here is a list of some of the many LGBT-related resources in the library https://rl.talis.com/3/leicester/lists/8D028B92-A355-F78A-3C82-A95539A45FEE.html?lang=en-GB&login=1
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