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• Global slavery index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/global-slavery-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 According to the Walk Free Foundation there are 38.5 million slaves worldwide. including 8,300 in the UK.

• International students benefit the economy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/international-students-benefit-the-economy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 The ‘gross benefits are, on average, £87,000 for each EU student and £102,000 for each non-EU student according to the latest research published this week by The Higher...

• Are young people the ‘new poor?’

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/are-young-people-the-new-poor/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 The latest LSE research has revealed that despite better qualifications, young people in their 20s have suffered a higher percentage of falling wages than older generations.

• Comparing Gender and Media Equality across the Globe

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/14/comparing-gender-and-media-equality-across-the-globe/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2020 GEM, a research project led by the University of Gothenberg, has culminated in an open-access book: Comparing Gender and Media Across the Globe : A cross-national study of the...

• Media Use in the Middle East

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/26/media-use-in-the-middle-east/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2013 …from Northwestern University in Qatar http://menamediasurvey.northwestern.edu/   Major 8 nation survey on media use.

• Human Rights reports

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/24/human-rights-reports/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2013 Amnesty international global annual report on human rights released . Read the whole report or look at reports for individual nations.

• Security Council: 2021 highlights

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/01/17/security-council-2021-highlights/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 17, 2022 2021 Highlights of Security Council Practices   The Security Council branch at the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs have issued their online 2021 Highlights of...

• The Story of Pulque Part 2: A Tangle of Origins – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/03/18/the-story-of-pulque-part-2-a-tangle-of-origins/

  Overview of different pre-Columbian narratives about the origins or discovery of pulque, and the various political, historical, and cultural roles these narratives served particularly for the Mexica (Aztecs)

• Expert opinions cover countering terrorism the race to develop AI weapons Turkeys upcoming election and public toilets

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/expert-opinions-cover-countering-terrorism-the-race-to-develop-ai-weapon-and-turkeys-upcoming-election

  Dr Rob Dover from our School of History, Politics and International Relations has discussed the Government's new 'CONTEST' Strategy for Countering Terrorism announced earlier this month.

• Andrew Dunn: Page 8

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/8/

  Academic Librarian.