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• Research Social Media Software

  
  Get a Freelance Job — Authority: 182
  This project is to help us research Social Media platforms and software programs and to provide us with your report. The specific deliverables for this project are: 1. Provide a list of 5 social media software programs that you recommend. We prefer php/mysql, but will consider other languages. 2. Each ...
  3 days ago

• Comparing the current recession to previous ones in the UK

  
  Brand Tao — Authority: 125
  Thanks to the Institute of Economic and Social Research for their tracking and comparison between the current UK recession and previous ones. As Bette Davis said ‘ Buckle your seatbealts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.’ Visit IESR: HERE
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• Workplace literacy schemes are too short to improve skills

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 156
  (Economic & Social Research Council) The governments Skills for Life initiative has not significantly improved literacy or the economic performance of participating companies, despite what policymakers believe. These are the findings of the UKs first study of basic skills learning in the workplace, funded by the ...
  1 week ago

• How Do Brits Like to Be Green?

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 157
  How do Brits like to be green, and what green behaviors do they still avoid? That’s what a new survey by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) , the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) , and the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is showing us by examining the environmental actions ...
  1 week ago

• How Do Brits Like to Be Green?

  
  Green Options — Authority: 149
  How do Brits like to be green, and what green behaviors do they still avoid? That’s what a new survey by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) , the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) , and the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is showing us by examining the environmental ...
  1 week ago

• How green is your house?

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  (Economic & Social Research Council) Seventy percent of households always separate their rubbish for recycling, but only 2 percent buy their energy on a green tariff, according to the early findings of a major new annual household survey, called "Understanding Society," funded by the Economic and Social Research ...
  1 week ago

• Social Inequality, Social Mobility and Fear of Falling

  
  The Global Sociology Blog — Authority: 138
  The topics of social inequalities, social mobility and precarization have been in the sociological news quite a bit lately, starting with a special edition of the French magazine Sciences Humaines titled “ Stalled Social Mobility ” that lays out some basic concepts and provide a general overview of the state of ...
  1 week ago

• Can Too Many People be Creative?

  
  ZenStorming - Where Science Meets Muse... — Authority: 115
  How many people need to be creative to have optimum performance in cultures?
  2 weeks ago

• Police Statistics Overstate Criminality – Say It isn’t So!

  
  The Global Sociology Blog — Authority: 138
  L’augmentation des violences interpersonnelles est infirmée par les enquêtes de victimation – Délinquance, justice et autres questions de société via kwout Let me translate this real quick: police statistics state that interpersonal aggressions (verbal or physical) increased by 25% between 2001 and 2008 ...
  2 weeks ago

• [REQUEST_EBOOK] COUNTERFACTUALS AND CAUSAL INFERENCE: METHODS AND PRINCIPLES FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

  
  Free Download — Authority: 180
  [request_ebook] Counterfactuals and Causal Inference: Methods and Principles for Social Research Author: Morgan, Stephen L. and Christopher Winship Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Category: Technical Buy: << Buy This Book on Amazon >> Read more
  2 weeks ago

• Recession ‘cuts down’ carbon dioxide emissions (re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, November 15 (ANI): The rise of global greenhouse gas emissions has been held back by recession, according to researchers.Experts at the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) found that global emissions will be 9 per cent below the expected mark in 2012 due to the credit crunch.But the report from the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Todays children decide their school and career path early

  
  Science nature & education - science-nature.marc8.com — Authority: 156
  (Economic & Social Research Council) Children as young as 12 have a strong sense of their personal futures and can reflect thoughtfully on what life might hold for them, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by Professor Paul Croll of Reading University and Professor ...
  2 weeks ago

• Todays children decide their school and career path early

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  (Economic & Social Research Council) Children as young as 12 have a strong sense of their personal futures and can reflect thoughtfully on what life might hold for them, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by Professor Paul Croll of Reading University and Professor ...
  2 weeks ago

• Recession ‘cuts down’ carbon dioxide emissions

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  London, November 14 (ANI): The rise of global greenhouse gas emissions has been held back by recession, according to researchers.Experts at the Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) found that global emissions will be 9 per cent below the expected mark in 2012 due to the credit crunch.But the report from the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Program Helps Poor Save for a Brighter Future (The Charleston State Journal)

  
  Credit Repair | Free Bad Credit Repair Debt Consolidation Loans — Authority: 137
  West Virginians meeting the income guidelines living in an 11-county area may qualify for an Individual Development Account through the Kanawha Institute for Social Research & Action Inc., or KISRA.
  2 weeks ago

• Precarization and Social Insecurity Keep Religion Alive

  
  The Global Sociology Blog — Authority: 138
  Via Epiphenom : How very Durkheimian. The starting point: nrc.nl – International – Features – Insecurity not education determines church attendance via kwout So, how do these factors work when it comes to religiosity: nrc.nl – International – Features – Insecurity not education ...
  3 weeks ago

• fOSSa Conference 2009 (Free/Open Source Software Academia Conference)

  
  IT EVENT — Authority: 438
  November 17, 2009 to November 18, 2009 World Trade Center, 5- 7 Place Schumann Grenoble, France The history of FOSS can be traced back to academic origins: distributing source code under a permissive license was the de facto rule in academia in the 70’s. Since then, FOSS became a wide spread paradigm ...
  3 weeks ago

• Report: Consumers are Tweeting, are you?

  
  BizReport — Authority: 577
  You may not be interested in social networks for your business, but chances are the consumers you need to make purchases are interested. For that reason alone, marketers must begin thinking about a social media strategy headed into 2010. But, more than that, marketers need to know which consumer groups are using ...
  3 weeks ago

• Consumers Sharing Brand Opinions on Social Networks

  
  Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — Authority: 683
  Performics reports that Twitter may be the place to get your brand mentioned if you want social networkers’ attention, according to MediaPost . Nearly half (48%) of those who saw a brand mentioned on Twitter turned to a search engine to research that brand. Other social networks lagged far behind, with 34% ...
  3 weeks ago

• Support for ending harmful term limits is building

  
  The Conservative Media — Authority: 131
  Another brief state government shutdown has illustrated what a disaster term limits are, and a recent survey proves people are fed up with the 14-year experiment. The latest results from Michigan State University’s State of the State Survey - conducted by the Office for Survey Research in the Institute for ...
  4 weeks ago

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