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World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/worlds-women-2015-trends-and-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics. Launched by the UN this week. Data on population, health, education, work, power, violence, poverty.
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How can UK universities improve the teaching of quantitative research methods in the Social Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/how-can-uk-universities-improve-the-teaching-of-quantitative-research-methods-in-the-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 This is the topic of a major new report just published by the British Academy . It calls for a greater emphasis upon developing skills more extensively and earlier in courses.
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Women’s roles in peace processes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/13/womens-roles-in-peace-processes/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2017 A great site from the Council on Foreign Relations which has data on female participation from 1990 onwards.
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Prisons Memory Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/prisons-memory-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 The Prisons Memory Archive (PMA) is a collection of 175 filmed oral history recordings from individuals who had a connection with Armagh Gaol and the Maze and Long Kesh Prison during...
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Migration into Italy and Greece
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/09/migration-into-italy-and-greece/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2017 EVI-MED – Constructing an evidence base of contemporary Mediterranean migrations EVI-MED is a Middlesex University project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
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Britain and the EU: two papers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/18/britain-and-the-eu-two-papers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 18, 2017 Two key papers have been released by the UK government Future customs arrangements: a future partnership paper- HM Treasury, HM Revenue & Customs, and Department for Exiting the...
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End violence against women and girls
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/end-violence-against-women-and-girls/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 From 25th November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10th December, Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based...
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Register to vote
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/21/register-to-vote/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 21, 2015 Register to vote in UK national, local and EU elections. More information at http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/register-to-vote and http://www.ucu.org.
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Digital Fan Magazine Collection (1911-1963)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/digital-fan-magazine-collection-1911-1963/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 Free access to the full text of a growing number of popular magazines produced for film fans in the mid 20 th century via the Media History Digital Library.
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Rosa Parks digital collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/rosa-parks-digital-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 Just released by the Library of Congress, this great new online resource celebrating the life, civil rights achievements and legacy of Rosa Parks whose refusal to give up a seat to a...