Free speech at UK universities
Read the government paper that was released this week and responses from: Office of the Independent Adjudicator WonkHE Universities UK NUS UCU Russell Group
Closing the attainment gap
The Higher Education Policy Institute has been looking at the effect of the Covid pandemic on the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. Read about it in the blog post by Gwen Morris.
Social Mobility Review
The Social Mobility Commission has published its Review of 2020. It includes the impact of the Covid pandemic on social mobility and discusses the embedding of social mobility policy into HR. This includes a sector-specific toolkit for professional and financial services that will help the industry to recruit and retain employees from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Disabled Students Commission annual report
Information on issues faced by British disabled students during the pandemic; information on the support received and the challenges ahead.
South Asian Gender and Sexuality Web Archive
New web archive from the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation and available from the archive.it website. It currently includes 74 archived web resources covering LGBT+ activism in South Asia and its diaspora. These are valuable for grass roots discussion of gay and transgender rights , pride and cultural events and responses to government policy which may […]
International day of people with disabilities
3rd December is the International day of people with disabilities. The official UN page has reports, strategies and resolutions. According to WHO, over a billion worldwide live with some kind of disability. In 2011 they published with the World Bank the first ever World Disability report.There are more recent country surveys and data available from […]
Empowered Campus: Gender-based violence reports
Empowered Campus has released materials arguing that gender-based violence should be a priority in light of Covid-19 – predicting a rise in cases of sexual harassment and assault in and around halls of residence during lockdown. Their recently released 2018 survey of 8,106 students suggests that one in seven female students had reported experiencing a […]
Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals, 2020
The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals, 2020 is based upon The World Bank’s World Development Indicators database, as well as from a wide variety of other relevant data sources from scientists and other researchers worldwide. It comprises great data visualizations around the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, highlights trends for selected targets within each goal and introduces concepts about how some […]
Family Matters: How the 20th Century changed family life
A new online exhibiton from Europeana which includes materials from Europe’s national libraries and archives. It covers a series of topics including legal changes, changing attitudes towards marriage, kinship, changing gender roles and perceptions of childhood. The exhibition has text, images and audio-visual content.
Food and water
The Cost of a Plate of Food 2020 (WFP)A basic meal is far beyond the reach of millions of people in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic joins existing food shortages and hunger according to this report from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The report highlights the countries where a simple meal such as […]
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