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Race and Diversity in UK Academia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/11/race-and-diversity-in-uk-academia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2014 Race and Diversity in UK Academia An analysis by the Conversation shows worrying under representation of black and Asian ethnic groups in UK universities both as students...
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GDPR explained
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/01/gdpr-explained/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 The EU has launched a general information portal for the public.
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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.
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Where is the best place to be a mother?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/08/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-mother/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2015 Find out by consulting the ranking in the latest annual report from Save the Children. It considers inequality between M others and infants in urban areas around the world.
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Civil Service Women Leaders Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/civil-service-women-leaders-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 EY Senior Civil Service Women Leaders Index found that the UK ranked 4 th in G20 countries amongst the representation of women in senior government official posts.
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Media Use in the Middle East
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/26/media-use-in-the-middle-east/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2013 …from Northwestern University in Qatar http://menamediasurvey.northwestern.edu/ Major 8 nation survey on media use.
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Bloomberg: a merger
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/28/bloomberg-a-merger/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 28, 2013 The recently merged mining and commodity trading company Glencore Xstrata reported a $7.7billion write-down of assets previously owned by Xstrata.
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Social science video sites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/social-science-video-sites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 TED videos from world leaders covering all aspects of social and environmental sciences RSA audio and events . Includes NHS, technology and change. Videolectures net .
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Bloomberg: Economic surprises
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/28/bloomberg-economic-surprises/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 28, 2013 The September U.S. non-farm payrolls report released on Oct. 22 surprised economists with only 148,000 jobs created, versus the consensus forecast of 180,000.
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US Elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/30/us-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2016 The Electome Project from MIT Media Map is using Twitter data to look at reactions to the 2016 election race. It has articles and Twitter analysis of the first presidential debate.