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Public Finances – A Historic Overview
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/09/public-finances-a-historic-overview/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 9, 2018 H elpful new paper from the House of Commons Library: Briefing Paper 8265 by Philip Brien and Matthew Keep, published in March 2018 It covers i ncome and spending from...
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UK youth unhappiness rising…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/09/uk-youth-unhappiness-rising/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 9, 2018 …according to the latest annual Princes Trust survey of 2,194 16-25 year olds. Get the full results from their website.
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Women in developing countries 9% less likely to have a bank account
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/04/women-in-developing-countries-9-less-likely-to-have-a-bank-account/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2018 Global Findex Database 2017: Measuring Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make...
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Gender policy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/01/gender-policy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 Top 100 influential people for 2018 New from Apolitical : their list of the 100 most influential people in gender policy around the world.
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Global Gender pay gap
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/24/3028/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2017 For details on the Global Gender Pay gap see the recent United Nations Stop the Robbery campaign which has been launched on social media It is supporting the http://www.unwomen.
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Who Governs Europe?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/31/who-governs-europe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 31, 2017 A database from the University of Nottingham which offers insight into the political history of Europe and the government of 48 nations from (1848-2015).
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‘Privately educated continue to dominate the professions’ in the UK…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/26/privately-educated-continue-to-dominate-the-professions-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 26, 2016 …according to the latest Sutton Trust report Leading People 2016 .
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Parentview
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/24/parentview/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 24, 2011 Parentview http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/ A new citizen focused initiative launched by the UK Ofsted body which is giving parents the right to comment on their child’s school.
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Greek television archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/31/greek-television-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 31, 2014 Greek television archive launches.
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Income and Equality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/21/income-and-equality/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 21, 2014 The Work Foundation Launch Low Pay Project The site offers online recent papers and low pay data. Also on this topic, The Office for National Statistics has long-term wage data.