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Violence against women journalists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/violence-against-women-journalists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 Violence and Harassment against Women in the News Media International News Safety Institute and the International Women’s Media Foundation have just launched the first international...
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Audit of Political Engagement in UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/audit-of-political-engagement-in-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 2014 Audit of Political Engagement released by the Hansard Society This annual report considers knowledge, understanding, engagement and participation in politics by the British public.
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theHive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/thehive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 World Bank’s theHive This site has been in beta for a while but is developing well. Register for free to get the most benefits.
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Bank of England release secret minutes on the financial crisis
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/09/bank-of-england-release-secret-minutes-on-the-financial-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 9, 2015 What did the bank know about the impending financial crisis in May and June 2007? Find out from contemporary minutes just released on the Bank of England website.
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Internet freedom has declined for the sixth consecutive year
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/internet-freedom-has-declined-for-the-sixth-consecutive-year/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 …according to the latest annual Freedom on the Internet report from Freedom House.
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USA 2016 elections: New York Times Resource
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/usa-2016-elections-new-york-times-resource/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 Good use of technology from the New York Times: its Election 2016 bot can send users live news updates.
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Mapping English inequality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/20/mapping-english-inequality/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2015 The English Indices of deprivation examine and rank multiple deprivation in England.
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Are emojis sexist?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/13/are-emojis-sexist/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 13, 2016 Certainly Google engineers think so as they recently submitted a proposal to Unicode: s ee Expanding Emoji Professions: Reducing Gender Inequality for 13 proposed designs to...
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International
https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students
Welcoming international students, how to apply for a visa and scholarships on offer.
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Connecting Africa
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/connecting-africa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 Connecting-Africa is supported by the Netherlands African Studies Association (NVAS). It provides free access to digital resources on Africa.