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• Canadian Gender Gap tracker launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/01/canadian-gender-gap-tracker-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2019 Informed Opinions has produced the  Gender Gap Tracker  in partnership with Simon Fraser University.

• Does social media make you happy or unhappy?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/20/does-social-media-make-you-happy-or-unhappy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 20, 2019 This week the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Inquiry: “ Managing the Impact of Social Media on Young People’s  Mental...

• Race and Higher Education

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/race-and-higher-education/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic student attainment at UK universities: #closingthegap Universities UK A report setting out five steps universities can take to help close the attainment...

• Modern Slavery Data Stories

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/10/modern-slavery-data-stories/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2019 Created by the  UN University Centre for Policy Research  using datasets from the ILO, IOM, Walk Free Foundation, SmartLab, UK Government, Delta 8.

• The International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is 17th May

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/17/the-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia-is-17th-may/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2019 IDAHOBIT 2019 The International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is 17th  May Stonewall has shared some key support organisations .

• Is AI reinforcing Gender Biases?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/is-ai-reinforcing-gender-biases/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 Yes, according to the latest report from UNESCO entitled I’d blush if I could: closing gender divides in digital skills through education   The 145-page report feels that there is...

• Does being a woman academic hold you back?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/10/does-being-a-woman-academic-hold-you-back/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2019 Find out by downloading a new research study published by staff from Cardiff University this week.

• Global Childhood report published

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/10/global-childhood-report-published/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2019 Save the Children has just published its third annual report which examines the condition of children in different nations worldwide.

• The Scottish Suffragette Cities Project

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/09/the-scottish-suffragette-cities-project/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2019 New website from Robert Gordon University  which aims to map the struggle for the women’s vote in Scotland.

• Who is the most charitable?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/09/who-is-the-most-charitable/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2019 Find out in the latest edition of  the Charities Aid Foundation UK Giving report  released recently.