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State of Global Peace 2020
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/03/state-of-global-peace-2020/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2020 The Institute of Economics and Peace has just released its latest annual report ranking nations and regions in terms of peacefulness.
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An Academic Career – the ambition of every postgraduate researcher?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2015/04/16/an-academic-career-the-ambition-of-every-postgraduate-researcher/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on April 16, 2015 So you are doing a PhD? Why? In career management terms we find that PhD researchers can be categorosed in one of four ways, in terms of their reasons for doing a PhD. These are: 1.
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Beginning with the end in mind
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2015/10/13/beginning-with-the-end-in-mind/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on October 13, 2015 Another academic year has begun and for those doing research degrees, there will be significant stages to be faced in their PhD journey.
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Africa: child well-being
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/11/17/africa-child-well-being/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2023 The child well-being country scorecards , issued by Afrobaromater cover responses to questions posed to African citizens in over 30 nations, provide insight into perceptions and...
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The Black Humanitarian
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/11/the-black-humanitarian/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 11, 2020 Black Humanitarian is a website created by Susan Sebatindira which aims to raise the profile of BAME aid workers and to offer them a place to network and connect.
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Conflict Trends Update and Global Peace Index Launch 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/conflict-trends-update-and-global-peace-index-launch-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 The latest report published annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). Find out which nation is graded as the most peaceful. Full methodology provided on the website.
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Transcript: the diaries of Anne Lister
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/03/14/transcript-the-diaries-of-anne-lister/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 14, 2022 Calderdale, West Yorkshire Archive Service has provided a further transcript of the diaries of Anne Lister.
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Medieval women’s wills
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/22/medieval-womens-wills/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2023 Medieval women’s wills The British Library’s Medieval and Renaissance Women project has recently digitised a number of wills of women from the 13th to...
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Time-Lapse Maps of Russia’s War on Ukraine
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/27/time-lapse-maps-of-russias-war-on-ukraine/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 27, 2023 Released by the Institute For the Study of War, it is possible to download maps for each month of the war and to interact with them to zoom in and look at advances made by specific...
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Closing the attainment gap
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/02/08/closing-the-attainment-gap/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2021 The Higher Education Policy Institute has been looking at the effect of the Covid pandemic on the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. Read about it in the blog post by Gwen Morris .