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RISE – Research Institute for Social Mobility and Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/19/rise-research-institute-for-social-mobility-and-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2020 This week saw the launch of RISE a new think tank, part funded by the University of Bolton which will conduct research into areas of education and social mobility policy...
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Freedom in the world, 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/17/freedom-in-the-world-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2021 The latest annual report from Freedom House which maps trends in democracy worldwide. This year it has materials on the impact of the pandemic on democracy.
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Happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/happiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Free access to this book from the OECD which provides data on global wellbeing since 1820. Factors covered include political representation, health and gender equality.
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The EU’s most digitally advanced nations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/09/the-eus-most-digitally-advanced-nations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2015 Denmark is the most digitally advanced nation According to the new Digital Society and Economy Index from the European Commission which measures progress in EU nations.
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Press freedom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/15/press-freedom-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2015 To mark World Press Freedom day, UNESCO adopted the Riga Declaration . This affirms the importance of free journalism for sustainable development.
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Thousands of women are criminalised needlessly
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/07/03/thousands-of-women-are-criminalised-needlessly/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2015 According to the latest Report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System large numbers of women are being sent to prison for short term sentences which are...
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Women in Congress, 1917-2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/04/24/women-in-congress-1917-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 24, 2017 Free access to this reference book from the Library of Congress.
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Catalysts for Collaboration Launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/13/catalysts-for-collaboration-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2017 Catalysts for Collaboration advancing collaboration in digital rights campaigns is a project of aims encouraging internet activists to collaborate to protect liberties online.
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BBC Rewind: Northern Ireland
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/20/bbc-rewind-northern-ireland/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2021 A website from the BBC Rewind provides free access to BBC archive news programmes reflecting life and events in Northern Ireland from 1952 to December 1979.
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Oral history: Women’s Liberation Movement
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/06/24/oral-history-womens-liberation-movement/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2022 Recordings of 14 interviews done to mark the 50th anniversary of Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM) in 2020.