Social science sites of the week 4th December 2020
In the news
Covid updating the blog
higher education
this week some links on the government proposals for the return to campus in January
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 . Details on the methodology is also provided.
Great self help website with links to resources, curated pages and webchat to support doctoral researchers
maintained by @anujacabraal and @thomsonpat. offers support for doctoral researchers working in troubled times. They also host regular twitter chats #virtualnotviral
Topics covered include researching from home, writing, managing time and mental health wellbeing
Empowered campus Gender based violence reports
Empowered Campus has released materials arguing that gender-based violence should be a priority in light of Covid-19 - predicting a rise in cases of sexual harassment and assault in and around halls of residence during lockdown. their recently released 2018 survey of 8,106 students suggests that one in seven female students had reported experiencing a physical or sexual assault, and that one in four had experienced sexual harrassment.
3rd December International day of people with disabilities
in 2011 they published with the World Bank the first ever World Disability report
there are more recent country surveys and data available from the website
for the UK the ONS has data on the impact of covid on disabled people plus data on life chances, health , housing and education
Disability rights uk is one ngo which researches the contribution people with disabilities make to economic and social life in the Uk and the barriers they face
A Modern Magna Carta- Alf Morris and the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act
a new online exhibition curated by the lse library which is based on archive colections.
it tells the story of MP Alf Morris, who campaigned for equal rights legislation throughout his career, including the Disability Discrimination Act which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2020. It incudes an audio guide, images of primary source documents and video content
fabulous site which gives free access t the ful text of
the Detroit Jewish News 1942 – 2018, Detroit Jewish Chronicle 1916 - 1951
it also includes biographies of leading community figures
offering insight into Jewish life and culture in a major US urban area, as well as a document of key social events from a Jewish perspective
Global Infrastructure Map,
from the World Bank get free access to a geospatial data map covering infrastructure which includes:
energy, transportation and national communications networks. current data is plotted and details on the methodology are provided on the website
a really fun site from data visualization experts Hesham Eissa & Lindsey Poulter which examines the range and popularity of ice cream flavours offered world wide from leading brand Ben and Jerrys . find out what is the most popular flavour ina specfic nation. full methodology provided !
finally some unchristmassy Christmas cards
from Ian Visits blog a collection of cards you would not want to receive. Warning some have offensive outdated imagery
Best wishes
Heather Dawson
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@socialsciencec2
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