Global information technology report 2013
Global information technology report Released by World Economic Forum, this report includes Networked Readiness Index Rankings, country data profiles and Case Studies of ICT being used for competitiveness and well-being. Other useful sites for world rankings of ICT are the ITU’s Measuring the Information Society report. This annual report enables benchmarking of development to take place. It […]
Human Trafficking
A new report from the Centre for Social Justice http://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/publications – It Happens Here: Equipping the United Kingdom to fight modern slavery – argues that the authorities do not know the scale of human trafficking in the UK. See reports and a strategy for tackling human trafficking on the Home Office website: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/human-trafficking/ The UK […]
Sisterhood and After
http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/sisterhood/about.html A website from the British Library developed in association with Sussex University and the Women’s library. It Covers the oral history of the women’s liberation movement from the 1960s onwards. Site is divided into key themes with timelines, biographies, interviews and teachers resources. The latter include classroom notes, glossaries and links to related websites. […]
Graduates and earnings
Postgraduates earn more than other graduates according to a report from the Sutton Trust, Postgraduate Premium: Revisiting Trends in Social Mobility and Educational Inequalities in Britain and America. http://www.suttontrust.com/news/news/the-postgraduate-premium/ The trust is concerned that to be a graduate is now not enough and shows postgraduates have more opportunities and better wages. Other related sources: High […]
Top 100 gay-friendly employers
Stonewall releases 2013 list of top 100 gay-friendly employers Find out who heads the list and the criteria used by downloading the analysis from the website: http://www.stonewall.org.uk/at_work/stonewall_top_100_employers/default.asp On a related theme in the USA, the first Municipal Equality Index (MEI), a rating system of LGBT inclusion in municipal law has just been released by the […]
IZA Discussion Papers
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers The IZA is a leading resource on labour market economics which cooperates closely with the Economics Department at the University of Bonn.
Corporate Equality Index
Corporate Equality Index is the USA national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT employees. It is prepared by Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The website also contains a searchable database of employers which has data on employment policies and practices pertaining to LGBT employees. In the UK similar information is compiled by Stonewall […]
Euro debt crisis
Recently Pew Global Attitudes report stated that it has rocked European unity The Guardian datablog has produced some excellent charts with facts and figures on financial data. BBC news also has some recent graphics. For academic discussion try: Brookings Institution research (from a USA perspective). VOX http://www.voxeu.org/article/understanding-eurozone-crisis EU comment from leading economists in Europe. The ILO […]
Equal pay day
A report from the Fawcett society claims a backward step for women in closing the gender pay gap in the UK. See other campaign material on their website for more reports and statistics. To research this topic further. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has the legal facts. It also has the sex and power […]
Bishopsgate Institute Library and Archive: new online exhibitions
http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/ Since 2010 the London based Bishopsgate Institute has been digitizing some of its major archival collections. Key strengths includes various collections on London, labour, freethought and radicalism. Recent additions include the Morning star photographic archive – view photographs this has over 300 online images relating to industrial relations, strikes and unions most from 1960s […]
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