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The Universal Human Rights Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/04/27/the-universal-human-rights-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2012 http://uhri.ohchr.org/ Quickly trace recommendations relating to individual countries from the leading intergovernmental organisations.
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World Development Indicators 2012
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/04/world-development-indicators-2012/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2012 Now available from the World Bank: http://data.worldbank.
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Short story short-list
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/05/01/short-story-short-list/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on May 1, 2014 Dr Jonathan Taylor’s Kontakte and Other Stories has been short-listed for the Saboteur Award for Best Short Story Collection 2014 and The Leicester Shindig Open-Mic Poetry Evenings which Jonathan, as...
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Children and Social Media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/01/children-and-social-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2014 How much time do British children spend using social media each day? Results from Ofcom which is based on 3-day digital diaries of 186 primary school children and 173 secondary.
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Are the social sciences significant?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/09/are-the-social-sciences-significant/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2015 The recent report from the Campaign for Social Science- The Business of people considers the value of social science to policy makers, its present funding and future ways in which it can...
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UK elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/30/uk-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2015 ‘Only 16% of 18-24 year olds certain to vote’ One of the findings from the latest annual audit of UK political engagement published by the Hansard Society.
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How has social media usage changed 2005-15?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/20/how-has-social-media-usage-changed-2005-15/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2015 Find out by checking the results from the latest Pew Internet research report which covers the USA.
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Internet access around the world. Who’s connected?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/20/internet-access-around-the-world-whos-connected/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2015 The ITU provides free access to some data on Internet access worldwide. It gives the figures.
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US Government publications new website
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/19/us-government-publications-new-website/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 19, 2016 GPO Launches Beta of govinfo.gov. The site will eventually replace Federal Digital System (FDsys) in 2017.
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Poverty is sexist
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/11/poverty-is-sexist/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 11, 2016 ONE launched the report Poverty is Sexist a rguing that poverty and gender inequality go hand-in-hand.