Mental Health UK
10th October was World Mental Health Day and the first Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit has been held. Its website has reports and decisions. Why is it necessary to focus on mental health? The Education Policy Unit’s Access to childrens mental health services report for 2018 found that the number of referrals to mental health […]
Will people in the UK live shorter lives?
This week the newspapers reported that life expectancy is falling or stalled in the UK for the first time since records began, but what are the facts on this? Here are some useful starting points: the statistics are taken from the National Life Tables 2015-2017. The website has details on the methodology. However life expectancy […]
Free cash point machines are disappearing
Free ATMs are disappearing. Link provides monthly financial inclusion reports which map numbers and geographical locations of cash machines. The Payments Systems regulator sets out standards for monitoring inclusion. Between January and the start of July 2018, Link recorded that the the number of free-to-use ATMs reduced from 54,500 to 53,200. There is a breakdown […]
Women are not represented in Local Government
According to the latest report issued by the Fawcett Society The proportion of female councillors is still only 34%. Download the full data table and analysis of the recent Local Government Commission report from the website
National student learning analytics service for HE and FE
A new national learning analytics service has been launched by Jisc. It is the world’s first national student learning analytics service. Its website has information on its aims in decreasing student drop out. It also includes a code of practice for ethical use of the data . Jisc have also developed for students a free […]
Does fashion contribute to the UK economy?
In London Fashion Week we consider how much fashion contributes to the economy. Here are some useful starting points: The British Fashion Council commissioned from Oxford Economics. some data which included – the figure that the fashion industry directly contributed £32.3billion to the UK GDP in 2017 The Creative Industries website has some data from […]
Expanded Hansard coverage for UK Parliament website
A new redesigned site now offers 200 years of parliamentary debates from the main UK website. You can quickly search by Members, debates and petitions. If something has disappeared from the main UK parliament website remember they have their own specialist web archive which also includes social media (Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Instagram) curated by Parliamentary archives […]
New Portal launched to support diversity in University Boards
Advance HE and the CUC (Committee of University Chairs), in collaboration with AHUA (Association of Heads of University Administration) and the 30% Club, have launched a new ‘board vacancies’ portal which aims to make board appointments in higher education more visible and accessible, encouraging a greater diversity of applicants. It forms part of a wider […]
LGBTQ+ Student Mental Health
The challenges and needs of gender, sexual and romantic minorities in Higher Education The latest report from Student Minds completed by 467 students, recent graduates and members of University/Students’ Union staff found that: ‘Many respondents noted that they experienced barriers accessing support because they feel misunderstood or judged.’ It has recommendations for student unions and […]
Girls are more unhappy with their lives
Shocking findings from the latest Children’s Society Annual Report. Since 2010 The Children’s Society has conducted household surveys in Great Britain with parents and children aged 8 to 17. Covers 2,000 households in England and Wales. They found of those surveyed, girls were twice as likely to self-harm (22% compared to 9 % for boys). […]
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