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Social science sites of the week -11 December 2020

  Here is the latest round up of new and interesting sites for social scientists   In the news this week Still updating the blog on covid http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/ U niversities a recent NUS study found mental health declining during this term Coronavirus Student Survey phase III November 2020 Mental health and wellbeing Commissioned by NUS, NUS Charity, TOTUM and the Co-op Delivered by NUS Insight  More than half (57 per cent) reported a worsening in their mental health and well-being between the beginning of the autumn term (September 2020) and being surveyed.   also released this week Coronavirus and higher education students: England, 20 November to 25 November 2020 Experimental statistics from a pilot of the Student Covid Insights Survey in England. Includes information on the behaviours, plans, opinions and well-being of higher education students in the context of guidance on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pande...

Social science sites of the week 4th December 2020

In the news    Covid updating the blog https://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/   higher education this week some links on the  government proposals for the return to campus in January   BMJ opinion A  recent report found mental health  issues are increasing but students are getting used to online learning  see more links to recent reports, opinion and polls covering HE teaching and learning  on our  scoop.it website    COVID Cases, Deaths by Congressional Districts Researchers at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, and Microsoft AI for Health have created a COVID-19 live tracker that monitors the current status of virus cases and deaths, as well as the reduction of new cases, in U.S. congressional districts. it includes up to date mappings of the Spread Testing, and Risk rates .  D etails on the m...