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Racism in British Universities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/racism-in-british-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 The UCU union has just released a survey of its BME members in which shockingly 90% of those who answered reported that they had faced barriers to promotion and over 70%...
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Is homework pointless?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/is-homework-pointless/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 With the return of the university academic year some TV programmes have discussed whether homework matters.
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Comparing Gender and Media Equality across the Globe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/14/comparing-gender-and-media-equality-across-the-globe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2020 GEM, a research project led by the University of Gothenberg, has culminated in an open-access book: Comparing Gender and Media Across the Globe : A cross-national study of the...
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Windrush at 75
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/19/windrush-at-75/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2023 Windrush 75 portal – New from the National Archives , a place to find out about the history and impact of the arrival of the Empire Windrush.
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Social Media and the Olympics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/22/social-media-and-the-olympics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2016 A great example of the use of Instagram to highlight street art in Rio.
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Is going to University worth it?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/16/is-going-to-university-worth-it/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2017 Released this week experimental statistics on employment and earnings of higher education graduates 5 years after graduation.
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Gender imbalance in film scripts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/gender-imbalance-in-film-scripts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 University of Washington computer scientists have created a tool which analyses film scripts to consider the relative power and agency of characters in films.
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Ethnic Minority staff are paid less
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/ethnic-minority-staff-are-paid-less/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Shocking findings from UCEA the Universities and Colleges Employers Association in their latest report released this week.
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US elections: historic data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/09/us-elections-historic-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2020 Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House Representatives – Election Statistics The Clerk of the U.S.
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The UK in a changing Europe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/13/the-uk-in-a-changing-europe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2016 http://ukandeu.ac.