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Women in the 2019 Indian elections – are they the silent majority?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/17/women-in-the-2019-indian-elections-are-they-the-silent-majority/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 17, 2019 According to the Times of India women are likely to be the silent ‘majority’ as female turnout is predicted to be higher than men’s.
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British Library for Development Studies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/05/british-library-for-development-studies/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2015 A marvellous site to explore as more full content is being added is the British Library for Development Studies (BLDS). Get free aces to materials not readily available elsewhere.
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Northern Ireland Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/28/northern-ireland-official-publications-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 28, 2017 The Northern Ireland Official Publications Archive (NIOPA) is now freely available at the following address: http://niopa.qub.ac.uk/ It is possible to browse by department.
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International Day of Older Persons celebrated October 1st
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/07/international-day-of-older-persons-celebrated-october-1st/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2013 See the official website which also links to related UN resolutions and reports. On this occasion, HelpAge produced the Global Agewatch index.
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World Giving Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/12/09/world-giving-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 9, 2013 World Giving Index. Charities Aid Foundation launches latest annual report on charitable giving worldwide.
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The UK and Migration
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/07/the-uk-and-migration/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 7, 2014 Impacts of Migration on UK Native Employment: An Analytical Review of the Evidence The Home Office finally released this week the controversial report by Ciaran Devlin and Olivia...
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What does the Church of England think of same sex marriage?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/what-does-the-church-of-england-think-of-same-sex-marriage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 Controversy, The House of Bishops Report: We need each other , has arisen over a recent paper to the synod which was presented as a general paper to the synod GS 2055...
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Economic arguments for gender equality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/economic-arguments-for-gender-equality/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 Great economic evidence in favour of Gender equality was published in this recent report from the EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality) which quoted the data that on average...
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National resource library for gender studies at Gothenburg University
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/08/national-resource-library-for-gender-studies-at-gothenburg-university/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2017 KvinnSam – National resource library for gender studies – at Gothenburg University Library A great resource on women’s equality which is worth revisiting.
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The UK housing market
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/08/the-uk-housing-market/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2017 The Legal and General reported that from its findings in 2016 the bank of mum and dad was involved in 25% of all property transactions.