Social Science sites of the week Archive

Here is the latest update of new and interesting sites for social scientists    Still keeping lists of key covid social science  research via the blog  http://socialsciencecurrentwareness.blogspot.com/     Education recovery and resilience in England: Phase two report Education policy Institute     Based on EPI analysis commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE), the new report models the long-run impact of the pandemic on future earnings, finding that pupils are each likely lose at least £16,000 in earnings, rising to £46,000 in a worst-case scenario if the government fails to intervene. Pupils in parts of the north of England and the Midlands have seen learning losses that are greater than those in other regions, while poorer pupils nationally have also lost more learning – findings that are likely to hinder the government’s “levelling up” agenda. Prior to the pandemic, disadvantaged pupils were already 18 months of learning behind their...

  Here is   the   latest update   of   new and interesting   sites   for   social   scientists    Covid-19 and Policy: How Nations Responded to  the  Challenge  a resource from  the  Centre for Economic Data and Analysis (CEDA),  Ashoka University India   examines economic stimulus  packages using an index  of  over 166 nations   the  data set on this can also be downloaded. check  the  website for information on dates and methodology       Especially for Black History month  Black British Histories collection  of   key historical articles from History Workshop Journal  via  the  OUP website. Materials published from 1987 onwards covering specific historic events and  the  approach towards studying black history    OS200  Digitally Re-Mapping Ireland’s Ordnance Survey Heritage  An Irish Res...

   Here is   the   latest update   of   new   sites   for   social   scientists    Covid -still  updating  the  blog with links to government documents     Black literature timeline  An inspiring resource  from  the  British Library. This literary timeline explores  the  history  of  Black literature and writing in Britain through approx. 50 texts. .  The se have been written    by people who were born in former British colonies in Africa,  the  Caribbean and Americas. It also has a poster teachers can download and lists  of  further reading.      Struggles for Liberty. African American Revolutionaries in  the  Atlantic World.   Wonderful resource  created by  the  national Library  of  Scotland   As  the  result  of  an international collaborative UK...