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Does the UK have a digital skills crisis?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/does-the-uk-have-a-digital-skills-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 According to the latest report by the Science and Technology select committee the ‘ evidence is clear that the UK faces a digital skills crisis’. ‘…up to 12.
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Public sector pay (UK)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/29/public-sector-pay-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 29, 2017 In the news recently has been some debate about whether the pay cap on public sector pay should be lifted.
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Liberating History Podcasts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/15/liberating-history-podcasts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2024 A series of 60 minute podcasts created by the Liberating Histories research team which is supported by Northumbria University, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, The LSE Women’s...
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An economy for the 1%?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/an-economy-for-the-1/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 The World Economic Forum opens at Davos this week with the release of its 2016 Global Risks report .
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Racism in British Universities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/racism-in-british-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 The UCU union has just released a survey of its BME members in which shockingly 90% of those who answered reported that they had faced barriers to promotion and over 70%...
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Fast Food Britain
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/28/fast-food-britain/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2017 Analysis by the Guardian has mapped fast food with social inequality and deprivation. One of the key concerns is that access to fast food will increase obesity.
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Globalstat.eu
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/globalstat-eu/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 A useful website project created by the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos (Lisbon, Portugal) and the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) which deals...
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Is homework pointless?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/is-homework-pointless/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 With the return of the university academic year some TV programmes have discussed whether homework matters.
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Does advertising effect consumption?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/29/does-advertising-effect-consumption/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2019 Interesting analysis from NHS of a series of surveys.
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United Nations Hand Book 2019 launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/14/united-nations-hand-book-2019-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 14, 2019 Get useful facts and figures on the working of the UN from this annual publication from the government of New Zealand.