The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) want to find out more about the issues facing early-career social scientists. A survey has been commissioned by the UCL Institute of Education. Access it here and answer their questions about: Your motivations for doctoral study Your current employment and future aspirations Availability of career advice and […]
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Key Note help videos
Key Note has produced a suite of help videos; find them at https://www.keynote.co.uk//content/our-videos Key Note provides market reports for the UK market and 10 years’ financials for UK companies. It is also useful for people looking for a job in the UK in that it allows you to search for companies by geographical location, sector […]
Global Social Theory
Globalsocialtheory.org is a new, collaborative resource on social theory from a global perspective. It provides free-to-read entries on key concepts and thinkers such as transnationalism, diaspora and Franz Fanon. Edited by Gurminder K Bhambra, Professor of Sociology at Warwick, it is
African sources of information
Kenya digital archives: Google has been partnering with the Kenyan National Archives to provide free access to a great new online digital library . This currently has 8 online exhibitions with over 1,000 items in total. Topics are heroes of the nation (including independence) traditional carvings, calabash currently available are images and photographs only. Other […]
Who trusts advertising ?
Free to download from the Nielsen site a report on global trust in advertising. It considers whether people trust traditional media more than the internet online and mobile. Does it matter where they live or their age.
Digital Exclusion
Digital Exclusion Heatmap Get data on the extent and nature of digital exclusion in the today using this handy map from charity Go On. It uses data and analysis from Local Government Association and The London School of Economics and Political Science to measure basic digital literacy skills in the UK. Look up a local […]
Do you earn enough money to live in London?
Try out this calculator from the Trust for London which calculates levels of basic income for different types of households. According to research from Loughborough University one third of Londoners currently fall below this level. The website enables you to download the full report to investigate this further. London’s Poverty Profile 2015 has also just […]
World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics
World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics. Launched by the UN this week. Data on population, health, education, work, power, violence, poverty. Visually very pleasing with well-displayed infographics that can easily be downloaded in zip data files or in chapters. The site also has archived reports from 1990 onwards which can be downloaded from the website. […]
The value of Libraries
Neil Gaiman writes for the Guardian about the value of libraries for children and adults alike http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/15/neil-gaiman-future-libraries-reading-daydreaming?CMP=share_btn_fb
Register to vote
Register to vote in UK national, local and EU elections. More information at http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/register-to-vote and http://www.ucu.org.uk/yourvoteisyourvoice
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