Number Of Full-time Research Articles

Studying the UK job market during the COVID-19 crisis with online job ads.

The COVID-19 global pandemic and the lockdown policies enacted to mitigate it have had profound effects on the labour market. Understanding these effects requires us to obtain and analyse data in as close to real time as possible, especially as rules change rapidly and local lockdowns are enacted. This work studies the UK labour market by analysing data from the online job board Reed.co.uk, using topic modelling and geo-inference methods to break down the data by sector and geography. I also study how the salary, contract type, and mode of work have changed since the COVID-19 crisis hit the UK in March. Overall, vacancies were down by 60 to 70% in the first weeks of lockdown. By the end of the year numbers had recovered somewhat, but the total job ad deficit is measured to be over 40%. Broken down by sector, vacancies for hospitality and graduate jobs are greatly reduced, while there were more care work and nursing vacancies during lockdown. Differences by geography are less significant than between sectors, though there is some indication that local lockdowns stall recovery and less badly hit areas may have experienced a smaller reduction in vacancies. There are also small but significant changes in the salary distribution and number of full time and permanent jobs. As well as the analysis, this work presents an open methodology that enables a rapid and detailed survey of the job market in unsettled conditions and describes a web application jobtrender.com that allows others to query this data set.

The work culture of anesthesia - how fatigue in anesthesia care practitioners may affect patient care: a systematic review protocol

Review question/objective The objectives are to identify the effect of fatigue in anesthesia care providers on patient safety. This review aims to answer the following specific questions: Does fatigue in anesthesia care providers impact patient safety? Considering validity and reliability, are anesthesia care providers accurate in their assessment of their fatigue? Does the current work culture of anesthesia precipitate practitioner fatigue? Inclusion criteria Types of participants This review will consider studies that include nurse anesthetists, anesthesiologists, student nurse anesthetists, anesthesiology residents, and anesthesia assistants regardless of gender, race, age or nationality. Types of intervention(s)/phenomena of interest This review will consider studies that evaluate fatigue among the participant groups of interest. Types of outcomes This review will consider studies that include the following outcome measures: the incidence of error and potential error attributable to fatigue such as medication errors, procedural errors (such as, unintended dural puncture in epidural patients), or omission of pertinent patient history, the incidence of impaired vigilance in an anesthesia provider related to fatigue as measured by vigilance tests, self reports, and neurocognitive tests following a night of call or intentional sleep deprivation for simulated studies. This review will consider studies that also include the following outcome measures: the number of hours worked by anesthesia care professionals, the number of full time, part time and locums employers anesthesia care professionals have.

If and When Sociology Becomes a Female Preserve

This article investigates recent data on the prevalence of women in the field of sociology in order to understand whether or not the discipline has become a female preserve. Data on the top sociology departments in the USA were collected in 2007. For each university, we document the number of full time, tenured and tenure-track faculty members and present the gendered makeup of the department. Our data present mixed findings with regard to the question of whether the field is tipping toward female. Women, overall, are underrepresented in the sociology programs sampled, but a larger percentage of women occupy tenured positions within the top liberal arts programs than at the top graduate programs. And, women occupy a slim majority of assistant professor positions but have lower numbers at higher academic ranks. We can say with reasonable certainty that, while the proportion of women doctorates and assistant professors indicate a feminization of sociology, the entire discipline has not yet tipped toward female.

Finding the right complementary therapies course.

Over the past 8 years the number of full time, Complementary Therapies degree courses provided within UK Universities has increased from less than five to currently almost one hundred. In addition, the developments within the Further Education and private sector have added to the increase in provision. With so many different courses on offer, finding the most suitable, quality course is becoming a challenge for applicants. Course titles provide little insight into the philosophy, nature and quality of provision while details within an institute's prospectus or web site frequently do not clearly identify distinguishing features. Key characteristics of quality provision to look for in a course in complementary therapies are discussed. Aspects considered include: the type of institute, modes of study, which therapy and its current regulation, the skills development and clinical experience opportunities, the balance of subjects within a course, the experience of the teaching team and their research activities. Discussion is included of the need for adequate quality assurance procedures to ensure courses evolve to continue to meet the needs of those entering the rapidly developing profession. The relationship of the provider and the appropriate professional bodies is also discussed. A summary of aspects to consider when looking for a comprehensive, quality course has been provided in Table 2.