Get the facts on its contribution to UK manufacturing,
employment and trends in production.
Guardian
Newspaper launch campaign against
Internet abuse and harassment
They have also released some initial
analysis
of comments posted and blocked on their website. This reveals
more abusive comments were blocked about
articles written by women. As a result the site is leading a discussion on what
can improve social relations on the Internet.
Here are some other useful sources measuring the extent and
nature of online abuse.
Which graduates earn
the most? Do family, class and Gender matter?
New from
IFS an analysis of 260,000 student tax and loan records which examines
variations in earnings over a 10 year period after graduation . It considers
whether gender, socioeconomic class, institution and subject studied effect
income. A key conclusion is that
p.55 Graduates from higher income households earn more (up
to around 60%
more for males and 45% for females) than their peers from
lower income households.
There were
also shocking large variations by
institution
‘For instance, more than 10% of male graduates from LSE,
Oxford and Cambridge were earning in excess of £100,000 a year ten years after
graduation in 2012/13, with LSE graduates earning the most. LSE was the only
institution with more than 10% of its female graduates earning in excess of
£100,000 a year ten years on . Whereas the median male graduate earnings were
nearer £45,000
New EU referendum
reports this week
This week IFS
launch
an interactive tool to allow voters to explore the EU budget which
countries pay in the most? Who gets the most?
The Electoral Commission designated the two lead campaigners
at the EU Referendum – designating ‘The In Campaign Ltd’ to be the lead
campaigner for the “Remain” outcome, and ‘Vote Leave Ltd’ for the “Leave”
outcome.
Its
decision , with associated papers can be downloaded from the website.
Million pound homes –
get the facts!
Fairness for
Children: a league table of inequality in child well-being in rich countries
The latest
report card
from UNICEF examines the condition of children in
the EU and wealthy OECD nations. It focuses
on the gap between rich and poor in four areas: income, education, health and
life satisfaction
Key policy concerns
include:
Protect the incomes of households with the poorest
children.
• Improve the educational achievements of disadvantaged learners.
• Promote and support healthy lifestyles for all children.
• Take subjective well-being seriously.
• Place equity at the heart of child well-being agendas.
See the UK ranking. UNICEF concluded that the gap between
rich and poor had narrowed .
Denmark was ranked first in the report's findings. Britain
1. There were concerns in gaps about educational performance, and health eating
where the uK was rated lowly.
Hansard Society Audit
of Political Engagement released.
The
13th
annual edition of this key publication
has just been published. It is based on is based on an opinion poll
conducted by Ipsos MORI between 11 and 29 December 2015 with a representative
quota sample of adults aged 18+ across Great Britain measuring factors
associated with interest in and engagement in politics amongst voters. Topics
covered include interest in EU and certainty to vote in the referendum,
perception of parliament and levels of participation.
Data USA
A great new site which
visualizes American government Data. It is developed by Deloitte, Datawheel,
and Cesar Hidalgo, Professor at the MIT Media Lab with the aim of making
statistical data visible and accessible.
View maps or profiles
by
location,
occupation and industry and education . The site also has
visual stories created by users. See for
instance this one on the
skills
required for an economics degree. Which also has data on gender, racial
composition of award holders, geographic concentration in the USA and pay!
Trussell Trust Food Bank data visualization.
The
Trussell
Trust has worked with data scientists, business model specialists
and academics from the University of Hull and the commercial sector to create
the UK’s first ever dynamic visualisation tool for crises leading to foodbank
use, mapping 18 months of foodbank data against deprivation indices from the
2011 census and other open data.
See the
mapping hunger report
How to choose a world
Leader
1 for 7 Billion
is a global campaign supported by organisations and individuals from all
corners of the globe committed to getting the best UN Secretary-General. see
its discussion of the process and its 10
urgent reforms.
Finally find a remedy
for your hayfever!
Digital archive of
Druggist and Chemist
A fascinating
digital journal archive
project completed by the Wellcome Library and available on the Internet
Archive.
The Chemist and Druggist is
weekly journal of the pharmacy trade, the online issues cover over 150 years
from the 1850s. As well as
constituting
a fascinating
resource on the history of
medicine and pharmacy; Social historians can browse original advertisements for
patent medicines, medical products and more.
See
this example from May 1889 which features on the front page an
advertisement for Royal embrocation- I was not sure if this was for the horse
or the rider to rub in!
Read more about
the
digitisation
project on their blog.
