North Korea: Taking Account of the View from Pyonyang

May 21, 2013 16:39

Source: Oxford Research Group (UK)

From Context:

While tensions between North Korea and the United States peaked early in April, by the end of the month, there were indicators that relations were entering a longer-term period of difficulty. Following the withdrawal of many thousands of North Korean workers from the Kaesong joint economic zone, over a hundred South Korean managers stayed on to oversee the ... <snip>

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Posted in: Asia - Government and politics - International - International Relations - Military and defense - National security - North America

Views: 122 | Source: Oxford Research Group (UK)

UK Survey of Academics 2012

May 21, 2013 16:29

Source: JISC

From the Preface:

Scholarly communications is changing, and changing rapidly. Technological developments have expanded the potential range of dissemination of research and the delivery mechanisms, with researchers expecting any-time, anywhere access. Technology also allows for an expansion of the types of material that can be readily shared–not just articles and monographs, but datasets and software. Policy ... <snip>

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Posted in: Business and economics - Education - Europe - International - Internet - Postsecondary - Social and cultural issues - Technology - Telecommunications - United Kingdom

Views: 111 | Source: JISC

Australia: The Future of the Profession: Themes and Scenarios 2025

May 21, 2013 16:20

Source: Australian Library and Information Association

From Executive Summary:

Having looked at the historic and current situation relating to library and information services, and freely-available futurist thinking, we have developed scenarios for school, public, university and TAFE, and special libraries, and collecting institutions under three themes:

Convergence
Connection
The golden age of information

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Posted in: Arts and humanities - Australia and New Zealand - Education - International - Science - Sports, recreation and leisure

Views: 121 | Source: Australian Library and Information Association

Implications of the European Commission’s Proposal for a General Data Protection Regulation for Business

May 17, 2013 16:06

Source: Information Commissioner's Office (UK)

From Press Release:

40 per cent of companies don’t fully understand any of the ten main provisions being proposed

87 per cent unable to estimate likely costs of draft proposals to their business...

An independent survey commissioned by the Information Commissioner’s Office has found a clear lack of understanding across business around the proposed EU data ... <snip>

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Posted in: Business and economics - Europe - Government and politics - Internet - Legal and law enforcement - Privacy - Security - Small business and entrepreneurship - Social and cultural issues - Technology - Telecommunications - United Kingdom

Views: 400 | Source: Information Commissioner's Office (UK)

Global Patterns of Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered Amphibians and Mammals

May 17, 2013 15:59

Source: Public Library of Science

From Zoological Society of London Press Release:

The black-and-white ruffed lemur, Mexican salamander and Sunda pangolin all feature on the first map of the world’s most unique and threatened mammals and amphibians, released today by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).

Scientists pinpointed areas of the world where Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) ... <snip>

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Posted in: Documents in the news - Environment - International - Science - Biology

Views: 267 | Source: Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Towards a ‘Baby Recession’ in Europe?

May 17, 2013 15:56

Source: Eurostat

The relationship between the economy and population dynamics has long been discussed, but is still controversial. Fertility is commonly assumed to follow the economic cycle, falling in periods of recession and vice-versa, though scientific evidence is still not unanimous on this. This report looks at fertility trends in 31 European countries against selected indicators of economic recession. Fertility rates are also ... <snip>

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Posted in: Business and economics - Children and families - Europe - Gender and sexuality - Immigration - International - Labor - Social and cultural issues

Views: 395 | Source: Eurostat

Detailed Characteristics for England and Wales, March 2011

May 17, 2013 15:52

Source: Office for National Statistics (UK)

Key figures:

White: Irish was the oldest ethnic group, with a median age of 53, compared to the national median of 39. People in the White: British ethnic group had a median age of 42.

People in mixed ethnic groups had the lowest median ages, with the Mixed: White and Black African having a median age of 16.

People with a White: British, White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller ... <snip>

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Posted in: Age and Aging - Children and families - Ethnic - Europe - Gender and sexuality - International - Lists & Rankings - Race - Social and cultural issues - United Kingdom

Views: 205 | Source: Office for National Statistics (UK)

UK: Duty to Care: In Defence of Universal Health Care

May 15, 2013 18:16

Source: Centre for Labour and Social Studies (UK)

From Executive Summary:

The Beveridge Report of 1942 noted the threat to society from the Giant Evil of ‘disease’ and announced the intention to provide a nationwide health service which would cover medical treatment for all requirements. In 1946 the aim was embodied in law and in 1948 the NHS came into being. The NHS has been an international model ever since because ... <snip>

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Posted in: Consumer issues - Europe - Government and politics - Health and healthcare - Health insurance - Human rights - Legal and law enforcement - Social and cultural issues - United Kingdom

Views: 320 | Source: Centre for Labour and Social Studies (Class) (UK)

The New Sick Man of Europe: the European Union

May 15, 2013 18:13

Source: Pew Research Center
From Overview:

The European Union is the new sick man of Europe. The effort over the past half century to create a more united Europe is now the principal casualty of the euro crisis. The European project now stands in disrepute across much of Europe.

Support for European economic integration – the 1957 raison d’etre for creating the European Economic Community, the European ... <snip>

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Posted in: Business and economics - Europe - Government and politics - International - International Relations - Lists & Rankings - Social and cultural issues - United Kingdom

Views: 275 | Source: Pew Research Center

UK: The Student Academic Experience Survey

May 15, 2013 18:06

Source: Higher Education Policy Institute (UK)/Which?

From Press Release:

A joint study by Which? and HEPI... has produced the most comprehensive research yet into the student academic experience.

The 2013 survey builds on the student surveys first carried out by HEPI in 2006, when the new system of higher education funding was introduced, with the aim of establishing whether, as students paid more, they would receive a ... <snip>

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Posted in: Consumer issues - Education - Europe - Financial issues - International - Lists & Rankings - Postsecondary - United Kingdom

Views: 656 | Source: Higher Education Policy Institute (UK)

Crisis Squeezes Income and Puts Pressure on Inequality and Poverty

May 15, 2013 18:03

Source: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

From Press Release:

Income inequality increased by more in the first three years of the crisis to the end of 2010 than it had in the previous twelve years, before factoring in the effect of taxes and transfers on income, according to new OECD data.

The analysis says that the welfare state has cushioned the blow for many but warns that further social ... <snip>

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Posted in: Business and economics - Documents in the news - Government and politics - International - Lists & Rankings - Poverty - Social and cultural issues

Views: 244 | Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Game-based learning: latest evidence and future directions

May 12, 2013 21:08

Source: National Foundation for Educational Research (UK)

From Press Release:

The role of video games in teaching and learning is a source of debate among many educators, researchers and in the popular press. Detractors and advocates have been discussing the influences and the potentials of video games for quite some time, and we feel that sound evidence and informed advice on these topics is still very much needed. Against this ... <snip>

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Posted in: Education - Europe - Industries - Internet - K-12 - Media and entertainment - Technology - United Kingdom

Views: 808 | Source: National Foundation for Educational Research (UK)

Fatal Fashion: Analysis of Recent Factory Fires in Pakistan and Bangladesh

May 12, 2013 21:02

Source: Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)/Clean Clothes Campaign

From the Introduction:

This report describes in detail two recent cases of factory fires that swept through the facilities of two South Asian clothing manufacturers producing for international brands. These cases are exemplary for the poor health and safety conditions of thousands of factories in Asia, and the lack of responsibility taken by ... <snip>

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Posted in: Asia - Business and economics - Globalization - Industries - International - Labor - Pakistan - Poverty - Public safety - Safety - Small business and entrepreneurship - Social and cultural issues

Views: 352 | Source: Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)

Intelligence Issues for Congress

May 12, 2013 20:58

Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

From Summary:

The intelligence community, which comprises 17 agencies, has experienced a decade of budgetary growth. That era was typified by (1) institution building with embryonic organization such as the Office of the DNI and other new or evolving intelligence components, (2) information sharing and collaboration across those institutions, and (3) a ... <snip>

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Posted in: Government and politics - International - International Relations - Internet - Legal and law enforcement - Military and defense - National security - Security - Technology - Telecommunications

Views: 454 | Source: Congressional Research Service

UK: London Labour Market Projections

May 12, 2013 20:55

Source: GLA Economics

From Executive Summary:

Over the past 30 years or so London has seen strong growth in employment of professional and business support services. Over the same period there has been a large decline in manufacturing employment.

London currently specialises in finance and insurance; professional, scientific and technical activities (eg management consultancy, legal activities and accountancy); ... <snip>

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Posted in: Business and economics - Education - Europe - Industries - Labor - Postsecondary - Small business and entrepreneurship - United Kingdom

Views: 316 | Source: GLA Economics

Surviving the First Day : State of the World's Mothers 2013

May 10, 2013 14:16

Source: Save the Children

From Executive Summary:

More than 1 million babies die on the first day of life – making the birth day the most dangerous day for babies in nearly every country, rich and poor alike. This is one of the major findings of Save the Children’s 14th annual State of the World’s Mothers report. The findings indicate, as never before, that helping babies survive the first day – and the ... <snip>

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Posted in: Children and families - Health and healthcare - International - Lists & Rankings - Social and cultural issues

Views: 512 | Source: Save the Children

NHS Safety Thermometer: Patient Harms and Harm Free Care

May 10, 2013 14:04

Source: Health & Social Care Information Centre (UK)

From Executive Summary:

The NHS Safety Thermometer tool has been developed as part of a wider programme of work involving frontline NHS clinicians and improvement experts and the Department of Health, by the Health & Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) to support patient safety improvement. It is used to record patient harms at the frontline, and to provide immediate ... <snip>

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Posted in: Diseases and conditions - Europe - Health and healthcare - Science - Technology - Telecommunications - United Kingdom

Views: 359 | Source: Health & Social Care Information Centre (UK)

UK: Improving literacy in secondary schools: a shared responsibility

May 10, 2013 14:00

Source: Ofsted

From the Introduction:

‘Literacy’....is more than the mechanics of reading, writing, speaking and listening. The National Curriculum demands that connections be made between each strand and across subjects, which calls for thought and understanding, for recall, selection and analysis of ideas and information, and for coherent, considered and convincing communication in speech and in writing. All pupils ... <snip>

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Posted in: Arts and humanities - Education - Europe - K-12 - Science - Social and cultural issues - Sports, recreation and leisure - United Kingdom

Views: 368 | Source: Ofsted (UK)

Are Elite Journals Declining?

May 5, 2013 18:54

Source: arXiv.org

From the Abstract:

Previous work indicates that over the past 20 years, the highest quality work have been published in an increasingly diverse and larger group of journals. In this paper we examine whether this diversification has also affected the handful of elite journals that are traditionally considered to be the best. We examine citation patterns over the past 40 years of 7 long-standing traditionally ... <snip>

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Posted in: Education - Industries - International - Internet - Media and entertainment - Postsecondary - Science - Technology

Views: 878 | Source: arXiv.org

World Press Freedom Index 2012

May 5, 2013 18:49

Source: Reporters without Borders

From Dashed Hopes Follow Spring:

After the “Arab springs” and other protest movements that prompted many rises and falls in last year’s index, the 2013 Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index marks a return to a more usual configuration.

The ranking of most countries is no longer attributable to dramatic political developments. This ... <snip>

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Posted in: Africa - Asia - Australia and New Zealand - Europe - Government and politics - Human rights - International - Internet - Latin America and the Caribbean - Legal and law enforcement - Middle East - Social and cultural issues - Technology - North America - South America

Views: 582 | Source: Reporters without Borders

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