Social Science sites of the week Archive

  Here is the latest update of new and updated sites for social scientists    Still updating the blog with key covid links   covid quarantine https://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2021/01/hotel-quarantine-rules.html   100,000 deaths reaction http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2021/01/100000-deaths.html   Burns Night - some free academic sites for Social Scientists people in Scotland often hold a Burns supper isa celebration of the life and poetry of Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), the author of many Scots poems. National Library of Scotland 1971 recording of a burns supper National Records of Scotland  has some text and images of official recordss relatng to him including baptism, his work as an exciseman and court cases ! 'Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect' was the first collection of Burns's work to appear in print. Published in Kilmarnock by John Wilson in 1786.  The National Library of Scotland...

In the news more covid materials being added to the blog https://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/ the London Society has put together a series of short articles/essays about how the pandemic could -- and should -- change London. COVID-19 data portals and platforms list UNRIC Info Point & Library website has a great listing of UN websites and portals providing reports and/or data on the crisis. They include valuable regional centre from the Global South COVID-19 Data Futures Platform (UNDP) Great new resource from UNDP which includes United nations and private sector resources . It enables researchers to access and visualise statistical data relating to impact of socio-economic policies and interventions . This can be browsed by theme or country. COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard (UNICEF) UNICEF launched the COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard on 21 December 2020 – an interactive tool for countries to follow the developments of the rapidly evolving COVID-19 vac...

  Social science sites of the week Here is the latest udate of new and interesting sites for social scientists   This week  school meals during lockdown  have been controversial as lunch packs supplied for those receiving free school dinners were criticised. These twitter references set the story in context Footballer Marcus Rashford has led the meal campaign  https://twitter.com/MarcusRashford He posted and  commented on poor standards of lunches provided on Twitter  Image of the meals i ncluded these  sent in by parents Chef Tom Kerridge also supported him Prime Minister even agreed Department of Education resumes lunch vouchers commentary on  child poverty and food from  Food Foundation CPAG ChildrenNE   How many children get free school Meals? Get the latest Uk data What are the nutritional standards ? Uk House of Commons  Library briefing on the recent debates and backgrounds Uk government literature review of the importan...

  Here is the latest update of new and interesting sites for social scientists this week   Covid January Lockdown announcement and reactions https://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2021/01/lockdown-january-2020.html   Tier 4 reactions https://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2020/12/tier-4-reaction.html   Social Science reports on Covid https://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2020/12/new-covid-social-science-reports.html     Brexit agreement and reaction https://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/2020/12/brexit-agreement.html   High Pay on 6th January the   High Pay Centre declared   that the median FTSE 100 CEO's earnings for 2021 surpassed the median annual wage for a full-time worker in the UK Pay for top CEOs in 2020 (full data for the impact of the pandemic   not yet available )  is about 120 times that of the typical UK worker. Estimates suggest it was around 50 times at the turn of the...