Social Science sites of the week Archive

In the news this week Covid updating on the blog resources relating to the responses to easing of the lockdown http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/ The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre has launched a campaign to collect the experiences of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. If you are interested in finding out more about the campaign or donating material to the project, you can isit www.racearchive.org.uk/covid-19/ Th e AHRC-funded project ‘Countering disinformation: Enhancing journalistic legitimacy in public service media’ , has been conducting research on public consumption and understanding of news and government message s during the pandemic. Between 16 April- 27 May 2020 200 people kept news diaries. Initial findings are displayed on the website and make interesting reading.  Windrush- Day This week we celebrated the contribution and ongoing contribution the Windrush generation has made t ...

Here is the latest update of new and interesting sites of the week for social scientists Covid 19 still updating and adding to new links on the blog. http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/ Open Science since COVID-19: Open Access + Open Data find what is available on open access using this great list  (Version I: April 3, 2020) published by Alejandro Uribe-Tirado (First version in Spanish :  has now been updated as a collaborative effort using the platform:  This new version (Version II: June 3, 2020), is the result of this joint work. SocArXiv:  Chronicles from the Margins Valuable site maintained by the Open University with  the support of a range of other social,science organisations and charities which seeks to present the perspectives of  asylum seekers and refugees during the COVID 19 lockdown and beyond. It includes academic papers and  policy briefings, plus testimonies from asylum seekers and refugees...

Here is the latest update of new and interesting sites for social scientists Covid we are still placing an update on the blog of the key papers http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/ Key features this week The first test and trace bulletin giving official data from the NHS https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/891703/NHS_test_and_trace_bulletin__England__-_28_May_to_3_June_2020.pdf New higher education policy papers are being linked to on our scoop.it page https://www.scoop.it/topic/higher-education-news-for-libraries-and-librarians this includes guidance from the Office for Students and the most recent student experience survey from HEPI. IZA Discussion paper. 13230 (May 2020) Six-Country Survey on COVID-19 This paper presents a new data set collected on representative samples across 6 countries: China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, the UK and the four largest states in the US. It covers the results of economic, social...

COVID- 19 We are still keeping up to date with links to recent new report on Covid https://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/ This week more reports and comment relate to the impact and future of Higher education. You can view these and more on our scoop.it page University Responses to Covid-19 |- StudentCrowd. This website is compiling a list of responses  from UK universities. Use it to find out what type of teaching and face to face presence they intend to offer for the next academic year Guidance was issued by the UK government on reopening campuses and university buildings Universities UKoffered   9 principles to consider to reopen safely Another key area for the Uk was contract tracing. Digital Contact Tracing for Pandemic Response —a report by JHU’s Berman Institute for Bioethics in collaboration with the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins, university is now available on open access —it considers ethical, legal, policy, ...

COVID 19 Still maintaining links on the blog. Our male leaders declared war on the pandemic. Our response must match that. The best blog post I have read  for ages from the great LSE Women Peace and Security Centre. Since the pandemic began the language used has been one of war where militarism has been the default position in our response. Christine Chinkin and Madeleine Rees tell us why we must seek an alternative to this militarised thinking, Inequalities and the Covid crisis – Royal Economic society podcasts They have also published a  report on learning experiences during the Crisis Lecture remotely A new site created by 3  members of staff at De Montford University which is intended to  provide a one stop shop to  share resources on remote support, teaching assessment  and lecturing for UK HE. See more recent reports on  Higher education on our scoop.it page Global Parents Day The First of June is designated ...