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UN envoy says austerity has inflicted misery on UK citizens
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/un-envoy-says-austerity-has-inflicted-misery-on-uk-citizens/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Last week comments from Sir Philip Alston UN Envoy on Poverty about inequality in the UK were widely reported.
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Women in the 2019 Indian elections – are they the silent majority?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/17/women-in-the-2019-indian-elections-are-they-the-silent-majority/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 17, 2019 According to the Times of India women are likely to be the silent ‘majority’ as female turnout is predicted to be higher than men’s.
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‘Women still under-represented in UK HE management positions’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/women-still-under-represented-in-uk-he-management-positions/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 The latest report from the non profit organisation Women Count indexes the representation of women as governors, Chairs and Vice-Chancellors in each of the 166 HEIs in the UK that...
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Autograph Letter Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/19/autograph-letter-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 19, 2023 The LSE digital library is releasing its autograph letter collection online. The collection contains over 5,000 letters dating from 1851 to 1975.
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Budget day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/08/budget-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2017 Today (8th March) is budget day- keep up with the news and views – with our selection of academic resources.
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The returns to undergraduate degrees by socio-economic group and ethnicity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/29/the-returns-to-undergraduate-degrees-by-socio-economic-group-and-ethnicity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2021 Published this week by IFS this report considers evidence on the potential benefits of a degree by studying earnings of recent graduates in a range of subject areas.
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Politwoops and other Twitter-related sites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/10/politwoops-and-other-twitter-related-sites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2013 Politwoops: (deleted tweets from politicians ) enables keyword searching for deleted tweets. It is offered in a number of countries.
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University of Leicester staff blog School of English BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz visits the Joe Or
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/06/26/bbc-arts-editor-will-gompertz-visits-the-joe-orton-archive/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on June 26, 2014 The BBC’s chief Arts Editor Will Gompertz visited the University on 25 June to make a radio feature on the Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton.
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University of Leicester Staff Blog School of English Literary Leicester: Unveiling Joe Orton’s Enter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/10/30/literary-leicester-unveiling-joe-ortons-entertaining-mr-sloane/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on October 30, 2014 Literary Leicester 14 November, 2014 1.
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Is there a gender pay gap?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/is-there-a-gender-pay-gap/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 The latest report from the Resolution Foundation notes a reduction for women in their 20s but notes that over the career lifespan this widens.