A number of reports have revealed a gender disparity in pay rates. The Fawcett society published The changing labour market 2: women, low pay and gender equality in the emerging recovery – which included an analysis of employment data and a survey of over 1,000 working women. it revealed more women workers than men were on […]
Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog
Humanitarian Data
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has launched the Humanitarian Data Exchange to offer a single access point to statistics from the United Nations, NGOs and other bodies covering humanitarian issues such as refugees, food security and aid.
DCSSA
Database of the Constitutions of Sub-Saharan Africa Useful searchable site created by Holzinger, Kern, and Kromrey in 2013. Includes recent and historic versions in full text. Includes links to official websites where available.
Media Practice and Everyday Agency in Europe
Media Practice and Everyday Agency in Europe Book edited by Leif Kramp, et al ISBN 978-3-943245-28-8 now available in full text from the Researching and Teaching Communication Book Series Website. There are 9 texts now available. Others include:Past, future and change, Contemporary analysis of evolving media scapes and Critical Perspectives on the European Mediasphere plus […]
Human Development Report 2014
Human Development Report 2014 published annually by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) puts people at the centre of measuring development- looking at the chances and opportunities open to them in terms of health and standards of living. The special theme for 2014 is Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building. There are also regional development reports […]
The Independent Commission on Fees Report 2014
http://www.independentcommissionfees.org.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ICoF-Report-Aug-2014.pdf Report with analysis of trends in higher education applications, admissions, and enrolments with break down by socio economic background. Also information on gender gap in applications, applications by mature students and for part time study. It includes analysis of the impact of fees on applications and admissions. UCAS also provides official data on applications. The […]
Income and Equality
The Work Foundation Launch Low Pay Project The site offers online recent papers and low pay data. Also on this topic, The Office for National Statistics has long-term wage data. The Low Pay Commission features reports on the National Minimum wage. Living Wage Commission reported recently on the problems of those surviving on low pay. Joseph Rowntree […]
Citizen Evidence Lab
The Citizen Evidence Lab is a new site from Amnesty International which has been created to help journalists and human rights workers authenticate user citizen journalist video materials. The site features tutorials, case studies and references for further reading.
Social media and universities
Social Media: When Should the University Intervene? An interesting article from Australia currently available free of charge from the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. Topics covered in the piece include are staff over-sensitive to criticism and can student websites be regulated. See other full-text reports on education issues this week. Selfie culture: see […]
Social Entrepreneurship
A new standard to measure social impact is now available from the EU. Other good resources include: The Global Social Entrepreneurs Network UK Government website publications/data on social investment policy Looking for definitions, case studies and research? Try CASE (Duke University); Skoll Centre (Oxford University) and Stanford University Social Innovation Review. Further your studies with a free […]
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