This snapshot presents insights from research completed in the US, the UK, Italy, and France from March 13 to March 16 and compares the new US results to those presented in last week’s snapshot, which came from a survey conducted before many major COVID-19-related events had occurred in the US, including the US government’s travel ban and the stoppage of major league sporting events.
The publication by McKinsey & Company studies the current situation with the COVID-19 pandemic and suggests steps that companies and states can take to respond to the crisis.
The UN Secretary General Briefing Note presents a study of the impact of COVID-19 on populations already vulnerable before the crisis, such as illegal migrants, migrant workers with unstable livelihoods, or those working in the informal economy.
Jisc experts collaborate with Emerge Education to present a series of Educational Technology (edtech) reports addressing the employment opportunities of students from non-traditional work areas, student recruitment in times of crisis, and employer-university collaboration.
The first meeting of the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), chaired by Russia, took place from 26–28 October in a hybrid format in Moscow. The event was hosted by the Roscongress Foundation.
