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Mapping NGOs website
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/mapping-ngos-website/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 This is the website of a research project run jointly by the Global Development Institute (GDI, University of Manchester) and the Sheffield Institute for International Development .
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How students engage with the news
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/26/how-students-engage-with-the-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2018 A report from the US based Project information literacy which has implications for librarians and educators concerned with information literacy and the fight against fake news.
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Newspapers and celebrities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/14/newspapers-and-celebrities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2018 Discover Levenson digital archive launched.
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Female Genital Mutilation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/08/female-genital-mutilation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2019 International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation was 6th February Key resources for researching related topics include: A report published by the UN in July 2018 the...
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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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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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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.
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What contributes to school students well-being?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/04/24/what-contributes-to-school-students-well-being/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 24, 2017 Find out by reading the latest OECD PISA reports. This also provides country surveys which consider where teenagers feel happiest.