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Intute: Social Sciences Podcast is now available. Each edition features Social Science related information news, an interview with a Social Science information provider and a selection of the new resources added to Intute: Social Sciences. To download the podcast visit our blog

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Sound like a good education?

Will audio podcasts improve your grades or help you learn about the financial crisis? A recent study from the journal Computers and Education (DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2008.11.004) compared student performance with and without the supplement of an audio podcast of the lecture, concluding that: Results indicated that students in the podcast condition who took notes while listening to the [...]...

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[ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:12:59 +0000 ]

60th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

This week is the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights here are some useful resources from Intute. Read the full text online BBC has some basic information on the declaration which will help you understand what it means The United Nations has a special commemorative website where you watch videos of the 60th anniversary event see [...]...

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[ Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:32:17 +0000 ]

New social science research this week

Here is the latest weekly round up of new UK social science publications online from Intute and the LSE Library Census 1911 census to be released soon by find my past register on this site for updates. Economics Daberiam Reports Bi-monthly strategic overviews of what’s driving change in the global economy, as described by the ERC’s Chairman, Damon de [...]...

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[ Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:19:06 +0000 ]

When the Economy Slows, Spending on Incapacity Benefits, Health and Pensions Increases - and May Keep us Out of Recession

In the last of our podcasts supporting the Royal Economic Society Conference 2008, Romesh Vaitilingam talks to Jacques Melitz about how increased spending on Social Security benefits may help to keep us out of recession. Listen to the interview Download audio file (darbymelitz.mp3) Increased public spending on incapacity benefits, health and pensions can all help the economy recover [...]...

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[ Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:04:06 +0000 ]

Children of Socially Active Parents have Better Exam Results

In the latest of out podcasts supporting the Royal Economic Society Conference 2008, Romesh Vaitilingam talks to Karl Taylor about how socially active parents choose to be and the effect that can have on their kids. Listen to the interview Download audio file (browntaylor.mp3) Parents who are active in various kinds of clubs � from sports to charities, [...]...

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[ Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:48:16 +0000 ]

The MMR Controversy: Highly educated parents were more likely to stop their children being vaccinated

In the latest of our podcasts supporting the Royal Economic Society Conference 2008 Romesh Vaitilingam talks to Dan Anderberg about some socio-economic analysis of the effects of the MMR controversy. Listen to the interview Download audio file (anderbergetal.mp3) Highly educated parents responded more strongly to the controversial study linking the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to [...]...

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[ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:51:03 +0000 ]

Europe�s Single Market has kept taxes on alcohol and tobacco low

In the latest of our podcasts supporting the Royal Economic Society Conference 2008 Romesh Vaitilingam talks to Ben Lockwood about the effect of the European Single market on alcohol and tobacco taxes. Listen to the interview Download audio file (migalilockwood.mp3) In the wake of Alistair Darling�s swingeing increases on duty on alcohol in Wednesday�s budget comes a new [...]...

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[ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:33:57 +0000 ]

How to prevent another Northern Rock

Crisis regulation may help avoid another Northern Rock style panic, according to research by Professors Shurojit Chatterji and Sayantan Ghosal presented at the Royal Economic Society�s 2008 annual conference. Listen to the interview Download audio file (ghosal.mp3) But the authorities should not always aim to prevent bank runs � on the contrary, when regulators cannot monitor banks and [...]...

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[ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:40:10 +0000 ]

Promotional Piracy

In the first of a series of interviews with economics researchers at the Royal Economic Society Conference 2008, Romesh Vaitilingam talks to Karen Croxson about Promotional Piracy: Why some media and software companies turn a blind eye to illegal downloads. Listen to the interview Download audio file (croxson.mp3) According to new research by Karen Croxson, they do this [...]...

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[ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:13:14 +0000 ]

Finding audio and visual materials in Economics

The Economics Network have put together a briefing document on how to find audio, video and images for use in economics teaching, which can be a tricky area, given the strictures of copyright and the poor way standard search engines handle resources in different formats. For example, this recent audio interview available from Warwick Podcasts on [...]...

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[ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:32:56 +0000 ]

Podcast: European Economic Association Congress

Romesh Vaitilingam presents a special podcast on the recent European Economic Association Congress in Budapest. He speaks to: Guido Tabellini on the influence of culture and institutions on economic development. Yves Zenou on children’s ethnic identity and their educational outcomes Klaus Zimmermann on minority ethnic groups in Germany and the Etnnosizer Phillippe Martin on the relationship between trade and [...]...

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[ Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:39:32 +0000 ]

Meet the Intute: Psychology Editor

In the latest of a mini-series of podcasts, we talk to some of the people who help produce Intute: Social Sciences. In this episode we talk to Ian Hocking, the editor for the Psychology section. Listen to the programme Some of the websites Ian talks about in his interview include: British Psychological Society CSI Web of Knowledge PsychINFO Mental Health Foundation Cognitive Psychology Explore [...]...

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[ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:20:39 +0000 ]

Meet the Intute: Statistics and Data Editor

In the first of a mini-series of podcasts, we talk to some of the people who help produce Intute: Social Sciences. We start by talking to Stuart MacDonald, the editor for the Statistics and Data section. Listen to the programme Some of the websites Stuart talks about in his interview include: EDINA ESDS UK Data Archive MIMAS AHDS Office for [...]...

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[ Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:08:53 +0000 ]

Smoking During Pregnancy: Giving Up By Month 5 Can Prevent Underweight Babies

In the latest of a series of interviews from the Royal Economic Society Conference 2007, Romesh Vaitilingam talks to Emma Tominey about the effect of smoking during pregnancy. Listen to the interview Mothers who smoke during pregnancy will have smaller babies. But much of the harm is due to unobservable traits of the mother. If mums stub [...]...

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[ Tue, 15 May 2007 09:51:35 +0000 ]

The �Part-time Occupational Penalty�: Lower Quality Jobs For British Women Who Don�t Want To Work Full-time

In the latest of a series of interviews from the Royal Economic Society Conference 2007, Romesh Vaitilingam talks to Victoria Prowse about the ‘Part-time Occupational Penalty’ for UK women. Listen to the interview No matter what qualifications they have or how big their family is, British women face a substantial �occupational penalty� if they work part-time. That [...]...

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[ Mon, 14 May 2007 10:12:59 +0000 ]

Underpaid Academics and the Damaging Consequences for the Quality of UK Higher Education

In the latest of a series of interviews from the Royal Economic Society Conference 2007, Romesh Vaitilingam talks to James Walker about the pay of UK academics. Listen to the interview Academics are underpaid and overworked compared with other graduate professions � and this is likely to have consequences for the quality of UK degrees. That is [...]...

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[ Fri, 11 May 2007 10:54:14 +0000 ]

Higher Divorce Risk Raises Women�s Working Hours

In the latest of a series of interviews from the Royal Economic Society Conference 2007, Romesh Vaitilingam talks to Kerry Papps the effect of divorce on women and work. Listen to the interview Married women work more hours in the labour market when they face a high likelihood of divorce: for example, a woman who is unhappy [...]...

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[ Thu, 10 May 2007 09:58:29 +0000 ]

Opportunistic Monetary Policy: Why UK Interest Rates Are Often Constant For Long Periods And Why They Are Likely To Rise Soon

In the fourth of a series of interviews from the Royal Economic Society annual conference 2007, Romesh Vaitilingam talks to Costas Milas about UK interest rates. Listen to the interview Monetary policy-makers do not make minor adjustments to interest rates when inflation is close to the inflation target � but they do respond vigorously when inflation begins [...]...

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[ Wed, 09 May 2007 09:58:54 +0000 ]

Changing Rates of Self-employment Among British Asians

In the third of a series of interviews from the Royal Economic Society annual conference 2007, Romesh Vaitilingam talks to Stephen Drinkwater about self-employment among Britain’s Asian community. Listen to the interview The typical Asian working age male is now younger, better educated and more likely to be UK-born than his parents� generation were. According to research [...]...

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[ Tue, 08 May 2007 09:55:29 +0000 ]

Political Studies Association launch podcast

The Political Studies Association PSA has just launched their first official podcast. Listen to the interview between Ivor Gabor of the PSA and Professor Gerry Stoker winner of the PSA book of the year. Other gems from the PSA website are a free searchable database of most of the papers from PSA annual conferences 1994-2006 plus [...]...

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[ Fri, 04 May 2007 09:39:29 +0000 ]

Exchange rate movements have little impact on UK exports

In the second of a series of interviews with economics researchers at the Royal Economic Society Conference 2007, Romesh Vaitilingam talks to Richard Kneller about the effect of exchange rate movements on UK exports. Listen to this interview Changes in exchange rates have little impact on UK manufacturing exports and are likely to have only a modest [...]...

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[ Thu, 03 May 2007 15:02:55 +0000 ]

Intute: Social Sciences Podcast 011

Listen to the programme (8 mins, 4 MB) Welcome to the Intute: Social Sciences podcast. Each programme features Social Science related information news, an interview with a Social Science information provider and a selection of the new resources added to Intute: Social Sciences News update: This edition�s news update includes: MIT OpenCourseware catalogue updates European Research Council launched ESRC Festival of [...]...

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[ Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:12:53 +0000 ]

Intute: Social Sciences Podcast 010

Listen to the programme (12 mins, 6 MB) Welcome to the Intute: Social Sciences podcast. Each programme features Social Science related information news, an interview with a Social Science information provider and a selection of the new resources added to Intute: Social Sciences News update: This edition�s news update includes: ESRC Festival of Social Science March 9th to March [...]...

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[ Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:27:50 +0000 ]

Intute: Social Sciences Podcast 009

Listen to the programme (11 mins, 5 MB) Welcome to the Intute: Social Sciences podcast. Each programme features Social Science related information news, an interview with a Social Science information provider and a selection of the new resources added to Intute: Social Sciences. News update: This edition�s news update includes: New ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism in Theory [...]...

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[ Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:11:05 +0000 ]

Intute: Social Sciences Podcast 008

Listen to the programme (13 mins, 6 MB) Welcome to the Intute: Social Sciences podcast. Each programme features Social Science related information news, an interview with a Social Science information provider and a selection of the new resources added to Intute: Social Sciences. News update: This edition�s news update includes: Internet for Social Welfare and Internet for Law Social [...]...

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[ Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:27:06 +0000 ]

Intute: Social Sciences Podcast 006

Listen to the programme (11 mins, 5 MB) Welcome to the Intute: Social Sciences podcast. Each programme features Social Science related information news, an interview with a Social Science information provider and a selection of the new resources added to Intute: Social Sciences. News update: Sites featured in this edition�s news update include: The Economist Intelligence Unit celebrates 60 [...]...

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[ Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:03:07 +0000 ]

Intute: Social Sciences Podcast 005

Listen to the programme (8 mins, 4 MB) Welcome to the Intute: Social Sciences podcast. Each programme features Social Science related information news, an interview with a Social Science information provider and a selection of the new resources added to Intute: Social Sciences. News update: Sites featured in this edition�s news update include: The world’s largest longitudinal household survey [...]...

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[ Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:11:27 +0000 ]

Intute: Social Sciences Podcast 004

Listen to the programme (9 mins, 4 MB) Welcome to the Intute: Social Sciences podcast. Each programme features Social Science related information news, an interview with a Social Science information provider and a selection of the new resources added to Intute: Social Sciences. News update: Sites featured in this edition�s news update include: Carbon Neutral is the word of [...]...

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[ Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:50:01 +0000 ]

Intute: Social Sciences Podcast 003

Listen to the programme (11 mins, 5 MB) Welcome to the Intute: Social Sciences podcast. Each programme features Social Science related information news, an interview with a Social Science information provider and a selection of the new resources added to Intute: Social Sciences. News update: Sites featured in this edition�s news update include: British Sociological Association launches a new [...]...

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[ Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:35:51 +0000 ]

Intute: Social Sciences Podcast 002

Listen to the programme (8 mins, 4 MB) Welcome to the second Intute: Social Sciences podcast. Each programme features Social Science related information news, an interview with a Social Science information provider and a selection of the new resources added to Intute: Social Sciences. News update: Sites featured in this edition�s news update include: UK survey on academic Internet [...]...

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[ Wed, 18 Oct 2006 09:45:46 +0000 ]

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