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How can you measure happiness?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/20/how-can-you-measure-happiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 20, 2019 The OECD has discussed methodology (in terms of OECD nations) in a number of its reports.
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A new Regional Gender Equality Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/29/a-new-regional-gender-equality-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2019 A new index which focuses specifically on female disadvantage and achievement at a regional level within the European Union.
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Poverty in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/poverty-in-the-uk-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 4.5 million people are more than 50% below the poverty line, and 7 million people are living in persistent poverty in the UK.
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Samar Habib lecture and Q&A recording now available
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2015/12/01/samar-habib-lecture-and-qa-recording-now-available/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on December 1, 2015 Last week, Dr Samar Habib delivered the opening lecture of the new Queering Islam events series, hosted by Dr Alberto Fernández Carbajal (Leverhulme Fellow, School of...
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Inspiration in English
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2015/03/25/inspiration-in-english/
Posted by Philip A. Shaw in School of English Blog on March 25, 2015 Dr Emma Parker, Senior Lecturer in English, has been recognised as an ‘Inspirational Woman at the University of Leicester’ for outstanding achievement in her career.
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Freedom in the World report 2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/31/freedom-in-the-world-report-2014/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 31, 2014 Freedom in the World report 2014 Just issued by Freedom House see the rankings for civil liberties in nations worldwide. The report also has a useful graphic map of freedoms.
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Poverty in Europe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/04/poverty-in-europe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 4, 2014 Poverty Reduction in Europe: Social Policy and Innovation (ImPRovE) Useful project which is focusing upon social policy and poverty in Europe.
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New York Public Library Digital Collections enhanced access
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/new-york-public-library-digital-collections-enhanced-access/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 From January 2016 the New York Public library provides enhanced public domain access to its online collections which include thousands of stunning historical images.
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Prague Spring Digital Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/27/prague-spring-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 27, 2017 New from the collaboration between the University of Texas at Austin, the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREEES), and the Lyndon B.
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Wider determinants of Health Tool launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/wider-determinants-of-health-tool-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 A great new tool for Public Health England which uses official data to explore the social and economic and environmental factors which impact on the health of the English population.