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• Israel Elections 2015

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/israel-elections-2015/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 Elections are due to take place on 17th March. The Israel Democracy Institute website is a good starting point for background information on the electoral process.

• International Day of the Girl Child

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/international-day-of-the-girl-child/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 was celebrated by the UN on October 11th   The official website has news , related resolutions and a resource section with reports including empowerment guidelines and statistics...

• Violence against older people

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/16/violence-against-older-people/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2017 15th June has been designated by the United Nations as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day to increase knowledge and work to eliminate abuse and violence against older people worldwide.

• EU Customs Union explained

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/19/eu-customs-union-explained/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2018 The EU Customs Union created a free-trade area where goods circulate freely, without customs duties at the borders between EU countries.

• South-South Galaxy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/10/south-south-galaxy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2019 A new website launched the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). The project intends to give support to countries of the South, so they can share best practice and knowledge.

• Spectator Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/15/spectator-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 15, 2013 Still in beta format: http://archive.spectator.co.uk/   Search free of charge the full text digital version of this weekly, right-wing magazine from July 1828 to December 2008.

• Bloomberg: Sino-British trade

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/01/bloomberg-sino-british-trade/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2013 U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced a series of agreements on trade and investment during a recent visit to China.

• International Political Science Association conference papers

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/31/international-political-science-association-conference-papers/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 31, 2014 International Political Science Association conference papers.

• Women work for nothing

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/07/women-work-for-nothing/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 7, 2014 According to the  latest briefing from the Fawcett Society , the UK Gender gap is growing. It constitutes the equivalent of women working for free for over 2 months per year.

• Bank of England release secret minutes on the financial crisis

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/09/bank-of-england-release-secret-minutes-on-the-financial-crisis/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 9, 2015 What did the bank know about the impending financial crisis in May and June 2007? Find out from contemporary minutes just released on the Bank of England website.