Playlist for Black History Month
From Box of Broadcasts, a playlist of programmes on the experiences of people in colour in the UK and beyond. Available to all University students and staff situated in the UK.
BBC Rewind: Northern Ireland
A website from the BBC Rewind provides free access to BBC archive news programmes reflecting life and events in Northern Ireland from 1952 to December 1979. Most are news clips from BBC Northern Ireland news and current affairs programmes including Ulster Mirror. It includes coverage of the Troubles as well as quirky news stories.
INEW Explosive Weapons Monitor
International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW) recently launched a new civil society initiative – the Explosive Weapons Monitor This monthly newsletter for NGOs and researchers aims to publish data on incidents of explosive weapon use, civilian casualties and the impact on access to aid, education and healthcare. Past issues are available via the website enabling historical tracking.
Modern Slavery
The Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (the Modern Slavery PEC) A consortium of six academic organisations funded by the Art and Humanities Research Council and led by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law. Its website has news and research papers on issues relating to trafficking, the international supply […]
Visualizing the Virus
An international digital project led by Dr Sria Chatterjee and made possible by a grant from DARIAH EU and support from the Institute of Experimental Design and Media, FHNW. Princeton Center for Digital Humanities is a project partner. It is interdisciplinary and seeks to curate visualisations which spotlight on inequality. Topics include: how Covid policies effect […]
Digital Library of the Caribbean
Digital Library of the Caribbean: https://www.dloc.com/ – “a cooperative digital library for resources from and about the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean.” An extensive collection of primary source material contributed by a range of partner institutions. Topics covered include Economics, Politics, Race, Class, Gender, Religion, Language, Literature, Slavery and resistance and Culture.
Human Rights: TikTok
The United Nations has launched a Human Rights TikTok account: https://www.tiktok.com/@unitednationshumanrights?
Career trajectories in UK departments of Politics and International Relations
A report for the British International Studies Association and the Political Studies Association covering UK academic careers in Higher education. The report covers 2012-2019 and reveals that men and white members of staff are over-represented at senior levels compared to their proportion in the academic workforce more generally. 29% of senior academics (senior lecturers, readers, professors) […]
The UK’s humanitarian aid cuts
There have been proposed cuts to the UK aid budget. For some background and reactions to the proposed cuts see these useful resources: The 0.7 percent aid target – Commons Library briefing paper Reducing the UK’s aid spending in 2021 – Commons Library briefing paper Statistics on International Development: Provisional UK Aid Spend 2020 OECD […]
Humanitarian Encyclopedia
Created by the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, the Encyclopedia currently includes 129 commonly-used humanitarian concepts. It also aims to provide crowd sourced resources and links to online learning resources for humanitarians.
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