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Why Ethnic Minorities see immigration differently
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/why-ethnic-minorities-see-immigration-differently/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 As the prime minister announces plans to require Muslim women to learn English , this new report from the Runnymede Trust gives the perspectives of BME Ethnic Minority groups on...
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Pepys: teaching resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/22/pepys-teaching-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 22, 2024 Professor Kate Loveman (School of Arts, University of Leicester) has created a new collection of educational resources for key stage 1 & 2 about Samuel Pepys and his times.
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How interconnected is the world?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/07/how-interconnected-is-the-world/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 7, 2014 DHL has just released its latest annual Global Interconnectedness Index which measures the extent of globalization in relation to flows of trade, capital and people.
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Gay rights: the UK situation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/gay-rights-the-uk-situation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 Despite government support for equality and recent legal reforms.
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Surveillance Industry Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/12/surveillance-industry-index-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 12, 2016 Just launched by Privacy International and Transparency Toolkit this new tool aims to track the development of the global surveillance industry.
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American Federal reserve launch Facebook page
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/30/american-federal-reserve-launch-facebook-page/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 30, 2016 On the first day of its launch the new Facebook page received 11,00 likes but it is was also widely criticised.
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Everyday sexism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/21/everyday-sexism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 21, 2016 A new podcast of a public lecture from Laura Bates, author of the Everyday Sexism Project. It was record at the LSE on 11 th October 2016 and lasts 1 hour 25 minutes.
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Art under attack 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/art-under-attack-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 Censorship and Attacks on Artistic Freedom in 2016 . The annual report b y Freemuse based on 78 countries recorded 1,028 attacks on artists and violations of their rights in 2016.
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Global Abortion Policies Database launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/30/global-abortion-policies-database-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 30, 2017 Free access to this new resource created by UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) which enables...
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More than one billion women lack legal protection against domestic sexual violence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/16/more-than-one-billion-women-lack-legal-protection-against-domestic-sexual-violence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 16, 2018 According to new research from the World Bank Global and Regional Trends in Women’s legal protection against domestic violence and sexual harassment.