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Empowered Campus: Gender-based violence reports
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/07/empowered-campus-gender-based-violence-reports/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 7, 2020 Empowered Campus has released materials arguing that gender-based violence should be a priority in light of Covid-19 – predicting a rise in cases of sexual harassment and assault in...
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Key Note help videos
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/27/key-note-help-videos/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2015 Key Note has produced a suite of help videos; find them at https://www.keynote.co.
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Gordon Campbell
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/author/leb/
Gordon Campbell is Professor of Renaissance Studies at University of Leicester.
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Do extroverts earn more?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/18/do-extroverts-earn-more/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2016 Interesting report released this week by the Sutton Trust which examines the link between personality, aspirations, career prospects and socioeconomic status.
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Advertising on Social Media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/02/advertising-on-social-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2018 As a move to greater transparency Facebook has launche d this searchable database about political adverts appearing on Facebook and who is funding them.
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Which degrees give the most financial rewards?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/which-degrees-give-the-most-financial-rewards/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Interesting research from IFS looking at early career rewards from obtaining a degree.
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How much do rich nations help the poorest?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/01/how-much-do-rich-nations-help-the-poorest/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2019 The Center for Global Development has developed an index which measures the commitment of the world’s richest nations to aiding the poorest.
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Brazilian Presidential Transition (2018) Web Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/29/brazilian-presidential-transition-2018-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2019 This web archive has been curated by the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, member libraries of the Latin America Libraries of the Northeast Group.
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Is AI reinforcing Gender Biases?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/is-ai-reinforcing-gender-biases/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 Yes, according to the latest report from UNESCO entitled I’d blush if I could: closing gender divides in digital skills through education The 145-page report feels that there is...
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The Chinese Independent Film Archive (CIFA)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/30/the-chinese-independent-film-archive-cifa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2020 Arts & Humanities Research Council funded research project led by Dr Sabrina Qiong Yu (Newcastle University), with Co-Investigators Professor Chris Berry (King’s College...