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Racism in British Universities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/racism-in-british-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 The UCU union has just released a survey of its BME members in which shockingly 90% of those who answered reported that they had faced barriers to promotion and over 70%...
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Fast Food Britain
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/28/fast-food-britain/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2017 Analysis by the Guardian has mapped fast food with social inequality and deprivation. One of the key concerns is that access to fast food will increase obesity.
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Globalstat.eu
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/globalstat-eu/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 A useful website project created by the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos (Lisbon, Portugal) and the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) which deals...
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Is homework pointless?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/is-homework-pointless/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 With the return of the university academic year some TV programmes have discussed whether homework matters.
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Does advertising effect consumption?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/29/does-advertising-effect-consumption/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2019 Interesting analysis from NHS of a series of surveys.
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Sri Lanka terrorism threats; get some academic facts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/sri-lanka-terrorism-threats-get-some-academic-facts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 The recent terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka have left the world in shock.
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United Nations Hand Book 2019 launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/14/united-nations-hand-book-2019-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 14, 2019 Get useful facts and figures on the working of the UN from this annual publication from the government of New Zealand.
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Comparing Gender and Media Equality across the Globe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/14/comparing-gender-and-media-equality-across-the-globe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2020 GEM, a research project led by the University of Gothenberg, has culminated in an open-access book: Comparing Gender and Media Across the Globe : A cross-national study of the...
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BBC handbook online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/26/bbc-handbook-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2021 The BBC Hand Book was first issued in 1928 and published until 1987 when it became annual reports.
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Socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/01/17/socioeconomic-impacts-of-covid-19-on-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 17, 2022 Women and girls left behind: Glaring gaps in pandemic responses This publication contains and analyses the outcomes of Rapid Gender Assessment surveys (RGAs) on the...