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Getting CLOSER to cohort studies. A world-leading initiative which brings together some of the most important studies of people’s lives in the UK, has been launched today by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC). 1 October 2012 A world-leading initiative which brings together some of the most important studies of people's lives in the UK, has been launched today by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC). The UK is home to the largest and longest-running longitudinal studies in the world.
The Cohorts and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resource (CLOSER) will pay a vital role in maximising the use, value and impact of these studies both within the UK and abroad. Professor Jane Elliott from the Institute of Education will lead a team to establish a national centre of excellence across the nine longitudinal studies. The Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts said: Professor Paul Boyle, Chief Executive of ESRC said: DataCite: Information for potential clients. How can data centres work with the British Library to get DOIs?
There are a number of criteria that data centres need to meet in order to use the DataCite service. Data centres can then trial DOI allocation for a short period and, if the outcome is successful, a contract and payment needs to be agreed before we allocate a dedicated DOI prefix to the centre. Data centres who wish to work with us must: Have the authority to assign DOIs to data Provide a publicly open landing page, the mandatory metadata, and a URL that links to the data Agree that the mandatory and any additional metadata will be made freely available for discovery purposes Have a clear and public indication to make the data available over the long-term These obligations are required to ensure that DOIs created within DataCite remain persistent and trustworthy identifiers of research data. ↑ Back What are DOIs? What is the mandatory metadata and why is it necessary? No. How can I contact you? What is ORCID? | About ORCID. As researchers and scholars, you face the ongoing challenge of distinguishing your research activities from those of others with similar names.
You need to be able to easily and uniquely attach your identity to research objects such as datasets, equipment, articles, media stories, citations, experiments, patents, and notebooks. As you collaborate across disciplines, institutions, and borders, you must interact with an increasing number and diversity of research information systems. Entering data over and over again can be time-consuming, and often frustrating. ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-based effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. ORCID provides two core functions: (1) a registry to obtain a unique identifier and manage a record of activities, and (2) APIs that support system-to-system communication and authentication. The SRA | Home of the Social Research Community. TSRC - Third Sector Research Centre.
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Read more... Spotlight Unfolding tales of voluntary action What is the full story of third sector activity in communities struggling to manage tough economic and social challenges? This new monthly series will explore these issues and more, from the unique vantage point of TSRC's 'Real Times' project. Strategic Society Centre - Analysis | Evidence | Policy. Academy of Social Sciences - Home Page. The British Sociological Association. Forum for Debate | Speakers Corner Trust. When the next typhoon batters the coastal region of a poorer nation, the number of families dislocated, the infrastructures damaged and the crops destroyed will all have been exacerbated by the 20cm rise in sea level that our emissions of carbon dioxide have already triggered. Climate change is the lived reality of many millions of people today, people with little responsibility for the increase in emissions but who nevertheless suffer the consequences.
Fossil fuels, whether coal, oil or gas, emit large quantities of carbon dioxide when combusted. Shale gas is no different. In all practical terms it is simply natural gas comprising (by mass) 25% hydrogen and 75% carbon. Wrestling any hydrocarbon from the ground is an inevitably messy, noisy and periodically dangerous and environmentally destructive process. Shale gas is no exception. Extracted carefully, the impacts and risks will be similar to any well-regulated hydrocarbon operation. BBC Voices - Accents and dialects.
Short description: Recordings in this collection can be played by anyone. The BBC Voices project provided a snapshot of the linguistic landscape of the UK at the start of the 21st century by encouraging members of the public to contribute their words and reflect on the language they use and encounter in their daily lives. Long description: An online data gathering exercise carried out by BBC Nations and Regions was complemented by an audio strand: the BBC Voices Recordings. Between May 2004 and July 2005 group conversations were recorded in 303 locations involving a total of 1,293 people across the UK, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. The vast majority of conversations were conducted in English, but the collection also includes 31 interviews in Scots, 9 in Welsh, 5 in Scots Gaelic, 3 in Irish, 3 in Ulster Scots, and 1 each in Manx and Guernsey French.
All recordings on this site are governed by licence agreements. The Listening Project. The Listening Project is a partnership between BBC Radio and the British Library that invites people to share an intimate conversation, to be recorded and broadcast by the BBC and, if suitable, curated and archived by the British Library. These conversations will form a unique picture of our lives today, preserved for future generations. Visit The Listening Project website (BBC) and get involved. Throughout the Project, our experts will be discussing these conversations and highlighting related recordings in the archive, on their Sounds blog.
Visit the Sounds blog and join the conversation. Sounds at the British Library Our Sounds website showcases over 50,000 recordings from our world-class collection of 3.5 million items. Listen now to over 50,000 sounds. Oral history and research Oral history in the classroom Our Learning website suggests many opportunities for using audio material in schools. And are you sitting or sat at a computer? The BBC and the British Library: in partnership. Playtimes: A Century of Children's Games and Rhymes. From conkers to singing games, rude jokes to fantasy play, Playtimes brings together 100 years of children’s songs, rhymes and games. Explore war battles on bomb sites, rude jokes on council estates, and imaginary TV in the playground, to discover the fascinating world of children’s play. Documenting children’s culture from 1900 to the present day, the website includes footage of boys playing leapfrog (1900); girls dancing to celebrate the end of WWI (1919); children re-enacting battle scenes on bomb sites (1947), and numerous examples of children performing ‘traditional’ songs and games such as ‘in and out the dusty bluebells’, hopscotch, or ‘mummies and daddies’.
Contemporary films from primary schools in London and Sheffield include children re-enacting scenes from TV game shows, computer console games and pop videos. Sisterhood and After: An Oral History of the Women’s Liberation Movement – British Library. Should boys and girls be educated together or separately? Does gender influence career choice? Should women be paid to do housework? Are masculinity and femininity opposites? What do women from different races and classes have in common? How do they differ? The women you will meet on this site took on these and other questions in an extraordinary period of British history. These stories are illustrated by oral history recordings and films that capture the voices of women at the forefront of the Women’s Liberation Movement in the 1970s and ‘80s. Explore the site to discover the continuities and changes that have marked women’s struggles for equality and expression over time, and to ask your own questions about feminist histories and futures.
Due to the nature of the campaigns that were and are important to women’s equality, some of the audio clips on this site deal with challenging subjects and may not be appropriate for some younger students. Introduction to Sisterhood and After. Gender, women and employment bibliography. Sport and Society Website.