Impeachment- get started with these resources

Key impeachment documents

Congressional Research Document on the impeachment process in the House of Representatives

History of Impeachment in the USA and its basis in the Constitution

CRS report on impeachment in the Constitution
Search every CRS to find other useful primers 

Library of Congress Constitution resources.

Impeachment of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States
Report of the Judiciary Committee to the full House of Representatives supporting the Committee recommendation to House members to impeach Donald Trump.

The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report (Full Report)

The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report (Summary)

To key up to date this page from Santa Clara university is providing handy links to evidence

C-span has live coverage plus links to related documents

FivethirtyEight is collecting public opinion on the impeachment. It started in October. the methodology is displayed on the website.

Coronavirus- free recommended academic sources for facts

For factual background and articles

try searching PubMed. They include this basic introduction
Some commercial publishers are offering free aces to resources at the moment Elsevier has launched the
Coronavirus Information Center with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV.

Wiley has made available free access to over 50 scientific and medical articles from its journals.


Cambridge University Press

Clarivate Analytics

JAMA Network

The Lancet

New England Journal of Medicine

Oxford University Press
PLOS

Springer Nature

SSRN (Preprints)
For information, news and facts on the current outbreak

see World Health Organisation website which has a special information centre

CDC Centers for Diseases and Control
has reports and fact books


The Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering has built online dashboard for tracking the worldwide spread of the coronavirus outbreak . this focuses on maps to track the spread of the disease. The statistics behind the data visualization are being collected from the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, and Dingxiangyuan, a social networking site for health care professionals that provides real-time information on cases.

Holocaust memorial day - hear the real stories in these oral history resources

These resources include survivors accounts which underline the importance of the day
Imperial War Museum accounts with transcripts.

United States Holocaust memorial Museum

It has a moving ID cards page- explore the 600 images to find out their personal stories

BBC archive provides free access to .

Interviews, journals and documentaries from witnesses and survivors. They include Richard Dimbley's account of his arrival at Belsen concentration Camp.

BBC Radio 4 Reunion programme also has a recording of a 2018 reunion of four people who survived Auschwitz

International Education day - Universal access to education for all

The United Nations General Assembly designates 24th January as International Day of Education in celebration of the role of education for peace and development.

It is necessary as not all children have access to education.

These free academic resources will help you find out more.

Data

World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE)
 Highlights how socioeconomic status, gender and ethnicity can effect access to education and outcomes.  compare over 160 countries worldwide compare by gender and other characteristics. Data is sourced from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), national household surveys and learning achievement surveys.

Global Education Monitoring Report (formerly known as the Education for All Report) measures progress towards the education targets in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework.

World Bank Education Statistics (EdStats)

international education data compiled by the World Bank and other international organisations such as UNESCO. These cover a wide range of topics ranging from access to attainment, expenditure, policy, and learning outcomes for all educational levels. Most materials from 1998 onwards. extensive coverage of education and development studies related topics.

UNESCO Institute of statistics has other useful resources on inequality 

http://uis.unesco.org/

Journal articles.

Search for references (and many full text links) to academic journal articles and reports covering all aspects of education worldwide using ERIC which is supported by the US government

Unesdoc Digital library
Contains bibliographic records of documents and publications published by UNESCO since 1945. Increasingly links to full text are provided. The database also includes references to books and reports acquired by the UNESCO library service covering all aspects and levels of education.

Global value of unpaid care by women 10.8 trillion- find out more about unpaid care using our recommended resources

The global value of unpaid care by women 10.8 trillion according to the latest report on global inequality published by Oxfam International this week. It particularly highlights the need to recognise the extent and economic importance of unpaid care to the economy and the need for legislation to protect carers.


Here are some more recommended academic resources on unpaid care.
Remember to consult  the methodology of the statistics used some focus on social care others may include household chores.

How much is your unpaid care worth?

try using the Global Care calculator  from Oxfam to calculate the worth of household chores, care responsibilities and community support.

How much unpaid care is there in the UK?

Oxfam Scotland calculated unpaid care in Scotland at 36 billion

In 2017 Office for National Statistics calculated unpaid social care for elderly and dependents at 57 billion for the economy. This was rising due to the rise in number of elderly people.

The causes and impact of the increase have been examined in
Unpaid Care in England: Future Patterns and Potential Support Strategies
Nicola Brimblecombe, Jose-Luis Fernandez, Martin Knapp, Amritpal Rehill and Raphael Wittenberg
ESHCRU at LSE, based in the Personal Social Services Research Unit.

It considers the implications of changes in the supply of unpaid care for individuals and the state

CarersUK provides information on the impact of care on carers.  Their State of Caring 2019 report interviewed 7,500 carers about their experiences. They provide details of financial hardship and ill health as a result of caring. "72% of carers responding said they had suffered mental ill health as a result of caring and 61% reported physical ill health as a result of caring"

Campaigners including the New Economics Foundation have used economic analysis to call for greater protection for unpaid carers.In 2019 in a model they built for the NHS they placed the burden on the NHS of supporting unpaid carers in England at between £24bn and £37bn each year, and growing due to pressures of care causing mental and physical health issues

The Womens Budget Group analyses the disproportionate impact on women of unpaid care as



A 2018 House of Commons briefing gives a good summary of the Uk policy and issues at stake at the time of publication. It highlight relevant recent reports and stakeholders with links to their website
For recent academic articles on the topic try searching Social Care Online 

How does the UK compare with elsewhere? Do women do the bulk of the work.



the OECD estimates that 'Around the world, women spend two to ten times more time on unpaid care work than men'. in 2014. This paper examines the gender gap in care work paid and unpaid comparing the experience in Western and Asian and African nations.


In December 2019 the ILO published. The Unpaid Care Work and the Labour Market. An analysis of time use data based on the latest World Compilation of Time-use Surveys. it concluded' Across the world, without exception, women carry out three-quarters of unpaid care work, or more than 75 per cent of the total hours provided.' This echoed an earlier report from 2018 on the Asia Pacific that found 'that women do 4 times more unpaid care work than men'.

Dry January get some facts

Dry January is an Alcohol Concern campaign to get people in the Uk to drink less

The official blog has support materials and diaries from participants.

Dry Tap app can be used to monitor drinking patterns

according to research on its impact it has been proven to reduce drinking.

How much do people drink?

The Tackling Harmful Alcohol Use: Economics and Public Health Policy report published by the OECD in 2015 found that alcohol accounted for 1 in 17 premature deaths . It also argues that in some cases problem drinking is worse in weller off OECD nations than elsewhere.

In terms of England it found that. "Levels of alcohol consumption in the United Kingdom are above the OECD average and increased during the last 30 years. In 2011, an average of 10.6 litres of pure alcohol per capita was consumed in the United Kingdom, compared with an estimate of 9.5 litres in the OECD"

The ONS has data on alcohol consumption trends in the UK
it also records alcohol related deaths
the Health Survey for England has self reported data by individuals by region, gender, age, ethnicity on how much they drink in a typical week.


Do people drink more in certain regions?

This interesting study on regional alcohol consumption focused on sales data it found that: "There are some important differences in the types of alcohol sold through on- and off-licensed premises across GB regions. The high volume of alcohol sold per adult in the South West is driven by on-trade sales of cider and spirits and off-trade wine sales. In Scottish regions, a much higher volume of spirits is sold per adult than elsewhere in GB."


Are women drinking more?

According to the Institute of Alcohol studies levels are rising in the UK
see more research on their website

For academic evidence on alcohol and health search PubMed to find articles.
NHS evidence has policy, strategy and scientific research.

Veganuary - some free academic facts and figures

In recent years there have been compaigns related to veganuary.

Veganuary is a non-profit organisation that encourages people worldwide to try vegan for January and beyond

Is Veganism increasing?
the Vegan Society quote the statistics from 2014-2018 number of vegans in Great Britain increased 4 times In 2014, the number of vegans was 150 thousand, which increased to 600 thousand in 2018.in 2018 1.16 percent of the population of Great Britain were vegan

the Food Standards Agency has consumer surveys of the types of foods purchased. These offer insight into household diets in the Uk and the changing nature of foods consumed. Wave 5 2018 noted. "Over time, the consumption of red meat and pre-cooked meat has gradually fallen. In Wave 2 (2012) of Food and You, 75% of adults ate cuts of beef, lamb or pork at least once a week, compared with 55% in the current wave.

Mintel has also recently noted UK is increasingly launching Vegan food brands . It noted: "as many as one in six (16%) food products launched in the UK in 2018 had a vegan/no animal ingredients claim, doubling from just 8% in 2015"


Does veganism help combat global warming?
A recent report by the Committee on Climate Change
recommended adopting a more plant based diet along with reducing transport emissions and making heating more efficient
This echoes a 2016 PNAS article by Springmann et al which found that: "Transitioning toward more plant-based diets that are in line with standard dietary guidelines could reduce global mortality by 6–10% and food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 29–70% compared with a reference scenario in 2050"

In 2018 Greenpeace published a similar report demanding ' global reduction of 50% in production and consumption of animal products by 2050 and a change in the way we produce them."

What about veganism and health?
Try searching pub med for scientific evidence of any possible advantages and disadvantages. A recent example is this systematic review




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Australian Bush fires get some facts from these free research sources

With the ongoing devastation of the  Australian bush fires filling the news 

we are providing several recommended starting points to finding academic quality information.

Geoscience Australia provides basic facts on natural hazards in Australia and the work which it does to protect

The Bureau of Meterology has facts about bush fires and the weather

It has links to current fire danger warnings.

Australian central and regional governments also have air quality indexes
https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alert-bushfires-and-smoke

the Conversation blog provides lists and  summaries of key resources and discussion.

 How common are bush fire disasters?
Find out by searching the Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub which has open source authoritative reports. It also includes case studies of good practice. and a disaster map of historic incidents.
In 2018 it published this report on the economic costs of natural disasters to Australia

The Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC is a research organisation. Its website has comment and academic papers 

it includes bush fire prediction projects

A catalogue of 300 inquiries and reviews relating to emergency management/natural hazards across all jurisdictions in Australia between 1886 and 2017.

the news and blogs section has discussion of the causes and handling of the crisis

The Bushfire and Natural Hazard Cooperative Research Centre
 Are bushfires linked to climate change?
The Climate Council has issued a paper This is not normal
Australia Institute also has discussion
NSW government website has some links to Australian federal and regional government  papers.