New Social Science open access archive launched
SocArXiv , being developed in association with Center for Open Science and an international research body of advisors will provide free open access to social science research papers . A temporary home allows researchers to search and browse the pre prints which have already been loaded.
Brexit resources
Brexit and women: The Fawcett Society headed a coalition of organisations to launch the Face her future campaign to protect Uk women’s rights post Brexit . See the other signatories on the Fawcett press release Brexit and jobs: LSE are continuing to link to key online reports and papers covering brexit analysis from think tanks, […]
Mentions of Trident on Historical Hansard
Blog post on the Talking Humanities blog analyses the use of the word Trident in parliamentary debate: https://talkinghumanities.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2016/05/24/in-search-of-trident-in-historical-hansard/
Chilcot report…
… is available online at http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/the-report/
Is Britain Divided?
Yes, according to the latest issue of the Social Attitudes survey released this week. Britain divided? Public attitudes after seven years of austerity this focuses on how the public feel about social class, work and society. It considers whether financial cuts and austerity policies have effected attitudes as people believe Britain is more divided. Other […]
Britain’s relationship with the EU on film
British Pathe films on Britain’s relationship with the EU including negotiations to join the Common Market.
International Political Science Association launch a MOOC
Coming soon a range of free politics and International relations courses from this specialist professional society The blog describes how they aim to form a core introductory curriculum. In the UK a major service with content from the British Library and other major universities is FutureLearn Also well regarded are courseera
World refugee day 2016
Find out why we need to support refugees by consulting the UNHCR Global Trends report 2015. More than 65.3 million people were displaced in 2015 These charts from UN Dispatch clearly show the gravity of the situation and recent trends.
Did the polls get the referendum results right?
Here are some useful starting points for tracing the polls. Remember to check the methodology used. The What UK Thinks: EU Poll of Polls from the NatCen for Social Research is based on the average share of the vote for ‘Leave’ and ‘Remain’ in the six most recent polls of voting intentions in the EU […]
The EU referendum
An interesting article in the Conversation considers 40 years of polling history. Use the blog to follow the conversation on what exit will mean. For the latest news EU newspaper feeds from European Journalism Centre has updates from several hundred newspapers. Newsmuseum has todays front pages from around the world.
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