New Eurostat website - Eurostat 15 December 2014 The website has been subject to a complete design overhaul to make it more attractive and easier to use, although the overall structure of the website will remain the same. Furthermore, the technological infrastructure supporting the website has been replaced. The data extraction and visualization tools will not change and keep the same functionality. What will change for you: URL changes - please update your bookmarks accordingly- The root URL will change The bulk download URL will change In this Excel file you can find a mapping of the links of the sections between the old and the new website. If you have any questions, please address them to our user support via the "Help" page.
Home: UK National Statistics Publication Hub Incidence of TB in Cattle, Great Britain - Data to January 2014 Release time: 9:30am Agriculture and Environment | Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | GB Latest national statistics bringing together various sources of statistics relating to the incidence of TB in Cattle, Great Britain according to arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. Regional labour market statistics - April 2014 Labour Market | Office for National Statistics | UK Official statistics on employment, unemployment, inactivity, jobs and the Claimant Count for regions, local authorities and parliamentary constituencies. Labour Market Statistics - April 2014 Employment, unemployment, economic inactivity, claimant count, average earnings, labour productivity, vacancies and labour disputes statistics. Life Expectancy for areas in Scotland - 2010 - 2012 Population | National Records of Scotland | Scotland
NIBIPEDIA : Together We Learn Aleph - Databases Insert paragraph here... Aleph is a tool, built by Friedrich Lindenberg during his ICFJ Knight Fellowship, for indexing large amounts of both text (PDF, Word, HTML) and tabular (CSV, XLS, SQL) data for easy browsing and search. It is built with investigative reporting as a primary use case, and it allows cross-referencing mentions of well-known people and companies against watch lists, which are built from prior research or public data sets. The tool was first developed for ANCIR, as part of Grano, a reporting tool for investigating the connections between public and private officials. Following his ICFJ Knight Fellowship, Lindenberg used Aleph to power a data search feature for OCCRP's Investigative Dashboard. The OpenOil platform also leverages Aleph to search through more than 1 million corporate filings related to the oil, gas and mining industries. For more:
Download designation data Designation data from The National Heritage List for England is available to download as GIS shapefiles. The data includes shapefiles indicating the location and/or extent of the designation and basic textual information, for example, heritage asset name and number and date of designation. The following GIS datasets can be downloaded as zipped folders containing ESRI shapefile format files: Listed Buildings Scheduled Monuments Registered Parks and Gardens Registered Battlefields World Heritage Sites Protected Wreck Sites Geographic Information System (GIS) The data is suitable for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Download Designation GIS data Information on all designated assets in England are included in The Heritage List for England. Triangles replacing existing points and polygons for listed buildings. Other English Heritage GIS Downloads English Heritage has also made available GIS downloads for The Atlas of Rural Settlement in England
John Pallister :: Blog :: In pursuit of a light-bulb moment On a recent learning journey, I explored personal learning environments; recognised the need for space to allow learning to happen and the importance of the skills set that would enable learners to function. I had decided that it would be best to allow learner to work and learn in the ‘real world’ without excessive fencing and that for this to work, learners would need to be taught how to function and stay safe . I found myself talking about independent learners working in active, problem solving environments; using appropriate. I had acknowledged the need for the well heralded shift from teaching to leaning. A learner’s (Personal) Learning Environment will need to include some element of ‘teaching’. The teaching will need to presented or packaged up, in some way so that it is ready for learner consumption. John Pallister
Data Products Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) A service supplying basic company details using a simple Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for each company on our register. The URI is a unique web address that represents a company (using the 'business.data.gov.uk' domain); and will return basic company details for that company. Data formats include RDF, JSON, XML, CSV, YAML and HTML. More information about URIs Free Data Download Products We offer two free data products. The Company Data Product is a free downloadable data snapshot containing basic company data of live companies on the register. More information aboutFree Company Data Product The Accounts Data Product offers a free daily and monthly downloadable ZIP file, containing the individual data files (instance documents) of company accounts filed electronically. More information aboutFree Accounts Data Product XML Gateway The XML Gateway offers electronic access to a core range of company information from Companies House Databases.
isthmus: linking the personal and institutional in learning tech Background / Context Project Final Report1 Many contemporary students engage with numerous web-based services and tools that are used both for social purposes and to manage their learning, work and their life. While it is clear that universities may want to harness the power of these to enhance personal and collaborative learning, educational institutions no longer exercise a monopoly over these tools and may be offering redundant or duplicate services, and have gaps in their provision for students who are ‘digital natives’. Aims and Objectives The Isthmus project aims to provide a link between the technological landscape inhabited by many students and the technologies offered by tertiary educational institutions. The specific objectives are to: Research the best way to integrate user owned technologies with current institutional practice. Project Methodology Implications/ Deliverables Stakeholders Project Staff Project Manager Project Team
UK Data Service Mark Bauerlein and digital imperialism So I have discussed Mark Bauerlein’s contributions to the Chronicle of Higher Education here before. Here’s a new article entitled "Online Literacy is a Lesser Kind." The argument is one that is likely familiar. Bauerlein suggests that reading online does not improve print literacy and likely even detracts from it. He cites multiple studies and projects where the use of computers in the classroom has not resulted in improved test scores in reading, math, and so on. Here is his most interesting point: Educators envision a whole new pedagogy with the tools, but students see only the chance to extend long-established postures toward the screen. In other words, students have a great deal of experience interacting with screens outside learning environments. I suppose we can forgive Bauerlein this because I’m guessing he doesn’t make much use of digital technology, and I’m not in a position to cite research today on these matters, but my observations are somewhat different. 1. 2.