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Global Teacher Status Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/07/global-teacher-status-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2013 Global Teacher Status Index A new study out this week ranks the status of teachers in various countries.
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UK Doughnut – sustainable living standards
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/09/uk-doughnut-sustainable-living-standards/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2015 A new report from Oxfam considers how the UK can achieve decent living standards while remaining environmentally sustainable.
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UN Women constitutional database launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/12/20/un-women-constitutional-database-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 20, 2013 http://constitutions.unwomen.org/ Use this great new resource to find out provisions relating to gender in constitutions worldwide.
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Scottish independence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/07/scottish-independence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2014 Scottish independence referendum collection Details about this project from the National Library of Scotland which will include a webarchive .
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2015 top green companies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/2015-top-green-companies/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 Find out which global businesses have made the top of the Newsweek ranking in terms of corporate sustainability and environmental impact. Methodology is provided on the website.
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Where do LGBT people live?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/03/where-do-lgbt-people-live/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2017 Data from the office of National Statistics which highlights sexual identity at a local authority level from 2013-2015. It also includes breakdown by age and gender.
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EU high earners
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/22/eu-high-earners/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2013 Where do bankers earn millions? Interesting European Bank central report on 2010-2011 salaries in EU nations.
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Christmas comes earlier every year!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/christmas-comes-earlier-every-year/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 The Royal Statistical Society recently published an essay based on Internet search terms which found that in 2007 people started thinking about Xmas in November however last...
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Poverty in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/01/poverty-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2014 The latest Joseph Rowntree Foundation annual monitoring report – 20% of working age adults without children are in poverty.
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How do recent graduates communicate?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/23/how-do-recent-graduates-communicate/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2015 Does the transition from college to the workplace effect how you communicate? This question was considered in a recent qualitative study by Google staff at the 48th Hawaii...