A report published by the University and College Union on the discrepancy between men’s and women’s pay in the UK HE sector http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/7959/Holding-down-womens-pay-Feb-16/pdf/ucu_IWDpayreport_mar16.pdf
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The Web Index
… “tracks the Web’s contribution to social, economic and political progress across 86 countries.” Find it at: http://thewebindex.org/
Gender statistics database
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) (an autonomous body of the European Union) has just launched a new gender statistics database for researchers which enables easy comparisons between European and other nations. It includes indicators on men and women in many fields ranging from health to education, work and earnings, social attitudes and gender-based violence. […]
Rosa Parks digital collection
Just released by the Library of Congress, this great new online resource celebrating the life, civil rights achievements and legacy of Rosa Parks whose refusal to give up a seat to a white passenger sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott in the 1950s. It includes thousands of photographs, letters and manuscripts. See this key account of her […]
‘Women still under-represented in UK HE management positions’
The latest report from the non profit organisation Women Count indexes the representation of women as governors, Chairs and Vice-Chancellors in each of the 166 HEIs in the UK that are publicly funded. It finds that although improvements have occurred since 2013, women only hold 28% of Chancellor roles. Men are 78% of all Vice-Chancellors or […]
EU referendum where do Eurosceptics live?
YouGov this week revealed the 10 most Eurosceptic and EU friendly parts of the UK. Havering is most likely to vote out- along with Blackpool and Southend! For more in-depth academic analysis of who supports and opposes EU membership see this recent article by John Curtice, Senior Research Fellow at NatCen and Professor of Politics […]
3 open-access books about Social Media
How the World Changed Social Media: Download free from http://bit.ly/24AUbKH Social Media in an English Village: Download free from http://bit.ly/1nhPP9o Social Media in Southeast Turkey: Download free from http://bit.ly/1oOTIDJ
‘Privately educated continue to dominate the professions’ in the UK…
…according to the latest Sutton Trust report Leading People 2016. It quotes the figures that while only 7% of the UK population are privately educated 71% of barristers have been to private school, 51% of journalists and 50% of the cabinet. Full methodology and data are provided in the report. See earlier reports. The Social […]
Europe-wide data
The European Data portal has now passed from Beta to permanence. You can now use it to quickly find news and the latest open data from EU nations. It includes 13 browsable categories ranging from health to cities. There is also a data training companion. Also growing is the broader OpenAire website which now has […]
USA Primaries – Useful resources
What is a primary? find out with this handy guide to the US electoral system from Vote Smart. Apparently many Americans are also unclear! As a result, a crowdsourcing project to share information has been launched by the Annenberg Center on Communication, Leadership & Policy at the University of South California; Project on Presidential Primaries: […]
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