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The World Elite Database project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/the-world-elite-database-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 The WED is an international consortium of scholars working together to develop a new standardized data regime to study and share data about elites across the world.
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Tax havens- find out where they are located!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/28/tax-havens-find-out-where-they-are-located/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2017 If you have some spare cash to hide away try consulting this useful site created by the CORPNET group at the University of Amsterdam .
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World Autism awareness week
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/world-autism-awareness-week/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 World Autism awareness week The United Nations has also designated 2nd April World Autism Day. Read the original resolution and get facts from the website.
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Child Poverty
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/01/child-poverty/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2013 Through young eyes – three million children are living in poverty in the UK according to the Children’s Commission on Poverty survey published by the Children’s Society Also recently...
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Online newspaper archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/16/online-newspaper-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 16, 2016 A really useful listing from Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR) blog which draws together in one place an A-Z listing of links to news resources that can be difficult to...
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How reading increases your life expectancy by 26 years!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/how-reading-increases-your-life-expectancy-by-26-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 World Book day was celebrated on Thursday What are the benefits of reading? The Reading Agency quotes a number of studies on economic, health and well-being and educational impacts...
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Chinese Language day – April 20th
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/20/chinese-language-day-april-20th/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2018 April 20th is designated by the United Nations as Chinese Language day it seeks to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity.
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Radiotopia launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/14/radiotopia-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 14, 2014 PRX have launched Radiotopia: http://www.radiotopia.fm/ a new podcast network with support from the Knight Foundation.
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Paternity Leave
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/paternity-leave/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Do Fathers Want Shared Paternity Leave? Interesting story this week from the BBC that fewer than 1 in 50 fathers are taking the new extra paternity leave.
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Students and immigration
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/09/01/students-and-immigration/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 1, 2014 Foreign students and Immigration: Should they be counted in net figures? The debate continues.