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• The Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index 2018

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/09/the-commitment-to-reducing-inequality-index-2018/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2018 Which countries do the most to help reduce poverty? The second annual index from Oxfam.

• Does being a woman academic hold you back?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/10/does-being-a-woman-academic-hold-you-back/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2019 Find out by downloading a new research study published by staff from Cardiff University this week.

• How much time do students spend studying?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/01/how-much-time-do-students-spend-studying/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2019 The 2019 engagement survey by AdvanceHE records a decline since 2016 in the proportion of students spending 11 hours or more per week in taught classes and/or independent learning;...

• Migration into Italy and Greece

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/09/migration-into-italy-and-greece/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2017 EVI-MED – Constructing an evidence base of contemporary Mediterranean migrations EVI-MED is a Middlesex University project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

• Health Inequality Data Repository

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/health-inequality-data-repository/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 Just launched by the WHO, health inequalities data which is disaggregated showing how health is experienced by people of different ages, economic status, education levels, place of...

• Influence of Google algorithms on political news search results

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/29/influence-of-google-algorithms-on-political-news-search-results/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 29, 2017 A major German project is examining the influence of Google algorithms on political news search results.

• Quality of Life in the EU

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/08/quality-of-life-in-the-eu/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2015 Eurostat has just released a new series of statistics which present a multi-dimensional measure of well-being, considering social as well as economic factors.

• Money, Politics and Finance

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/money-politics-and-finance/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 N ew site with data on politics money and campaign finance worldwide.  It is a collaboration between the Sunlight Foundation, Global Integrity and the Electoral Integrity Project.

• National Archives of Singapore digital library

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/06/national-archives-of-singapore-digital-library/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2016 Major new additions to this great digital library include recent and historic political resources which would be of great value to scholars of the region.

• Sustainable Development Goals game

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/sustainable-development-goals-game/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 The United Nations have created a special board game (based on Snakes and Ladders) to teach children about 17 Sustainable Development Goals.