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Universal credit – does anyone benefit?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/universal-credit-does-anyone-benefit/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 IFS has conducted an economic analysis into the impact finding tha t it ‘will tend to weaken the incentive for single parents to be in work, and to strengthen the incentive for...
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Prison Reform
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/prison-reform/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 This week the RSA published an interesting scoping paper on the future prison . Browse their website to see other examples discussing the role and future reform of prisons.
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What do students think of their courses?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/what-do-students-think-of-their-courses/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 Find out by downloading the 2016 Student academic experience survey from Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the Higher Education Academy.
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The Paths to Equal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/28/the-paths-to-equal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2023 The Paths to Equal – new twin indeces on women’s empowerment and gender equality based on data for 114 countries, including data on the progress towards the Sustainable...
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Banned Books and Academic Freedom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/banned-books-and-academic-freedom/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 Sage has launched a new collection of free-to-read research of articles from its academic journals highlighting the effects of academic censorship on democracy, social-emotional...
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Does racial discrimination occur in British Universities?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/21/does-racial-discrimination-occur-in-british-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2015 Two recent reports have raised disturbing questions Exploring ethnic inequalities in admission to Russell Group universities. Boliver, V.
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USA Primaries – Useful resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/26/usa-primaries-useful-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 26, 2016 What is a primary? find out with this handy guide to the US electoral system from Vote Smart.
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September is East and South East Asian Heritage Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/01/september-is-east-and-south-east-asian-heritage-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 1, 2023 Getting ready for East and South East Asian Heritage Month https://www.eseaheritagemonth.co.
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Lesbian Herstory Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/07/13/lesbian-herstory-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2021 Lesbian Herstory Archives: https://lesbianherstoryarchives.org/ “The Lesbian Herstory Archives exists to gather, preserve and provide access to records of Lesbian lives and activities.
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Anarchism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/20/anarchism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 20, 2015 An interesting blog which is providing free full text materials is irishanarchisthistory .