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New Economics Foundation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/23/new-economics-foundation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2012 http://neweconomics.org/ Aims to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environmental and social issues.
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Digital divide 2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/digital-divide-2014/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 Latest report from the ITU on the Information societ y gives data on the level of ICT development in 166 economies worldwide. ICT -Eye has more free telecommunications statistics.
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Africa: child well-being
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/11/17/africa-child-well-being/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2023 The child well-being country scorecards , issued by Afrobaromater cover responses to questions posed to African citizens in over 30 nations, provide insight into perceptions and...
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UK Doughnut – sustainable living standards
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/09/uk-doughnut-sustainable-living-standards/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2015 A new report from Oxfam considers how the UK can achieve decent living standards while remaining environmentally sustainable.
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1 million visits to UK Food Banks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/27/1-million-visits-to-uk-food-banks/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2015 Trussell Trust has just released the shocking figures that in the last year more than 1 million allocations of food were made by the charity.
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Eurostat statistics explained
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/08/eurostat-statistics-explained/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2013 A guide to European statistics from the European Commission: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.
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Corporate social responsibility and education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/16/corporate-social-responsibility-and-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 16, 2015 Which businesses give to education projects? The Varkey Foundation has just released the Global Corporate Education index which examines contributions made by...
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Global attacks on the press
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/27/global-attacks-on-the-press/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2018 This week Freedom House Reports released Attacks on the Record – the state of world press freedom 2017/18.
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Hope Not Hate: the State of Hate in 2019
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/22/hope-not-hate-the-state-of-hate-in-2019/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 22, 2019 Annual report from the group which monitors online hate , islamophobia, homophobia and the state of the far right in Britain today.
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How well are companies managing their cybersecurity?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/08/how-well-are-companies-managing-their-cybersecurity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2019 Find out more in this UK government annual assessment of FTSE 350 companies. The a survey assessed awareness of risk, strategies and measures.