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1 in 3 Muslim students suffered discrimination and abuse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/23/1-in-3-muslim-students-suffered-discrimination-and-abuse/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2018 The shocking findings from a recent NUS survey is that ‘1 in 3 Muslim students suffered discrimination and abuse’ In November 2017, NUS Women’s and Black Students’ campaigns undertook...
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Fighting Disinformation Online: Building the Database of Web Tools
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/fighting-disinformation-online-building-the-database-of-web-tools/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 A new report from think tank Rand describes the building of the database which has links to useful sources for researchers on detecting spam, codes, credibility scoring,...
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American Federation of Labor records now online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/02/07/american-federation-of-labor-records-now-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2020 Available to researchers from the Library of Congress Website .
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The Gender Gap in Internet Access
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/31/the-gender-gap-in-internet-access/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 31, 2017 On 15 th March 2017, the Broadband Commission Working Group on the Digital Gender Divide launched its final report Recommendations for action: bridging the gender gap in Internet and...
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Smart cities for all toolkit
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/12/smart-cities-for-all-toolkit/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2017 Just launched by G3ict and World a free toolkit which aims to eliminate the digital divide for persons with disabilities and older persons in Smart Cities programs worldwide.
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Is there corruption in the UK?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/25/is-there-corruption-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2018 Yes according to reports and evidence given to the foreign Affairs committee which this week published a review of Russian influence.
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British boards do not reflect ethnic diversity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/04/british-boards-do-not-reflect-ethnic-diversity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2016 The conclusion from the Parker review published this week which recommends quotas to enhance BAME employment prospects. See the CBI reaction.
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Twitter release data on state-backed propaganda from Iran and Russia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/26/twitter-release-data-on-state-backed-propaganda-from-iran-and-russia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2018 https://about.twitter.com/en_us/values/elections-integrity.
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World Development Indicators 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/27/world-development-indicators-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2015 The latest annual report and data has just been released by the World Bank.
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The Economics of Chocolate
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/26/the-economics-of-chocolate/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 26, 2013 The International Cocoa organization provides free access to basic statistics on prices see the monthly market reviews.