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Teaching British Histories of Race, Migration and Empire: a resource for teachers and learners
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/08/11/teaching-british-histories-of-race-migration-and-empire-a-resource-for-teachers-and-learners/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2020 Institute of Historical Research and Runnymede Trust have launched a new crowdsourced guide listing of resources suitable for diversifying and making more...
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Cyberpolicy portal launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/08/cyberpolicy-portal-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2019 The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) has just launched a Cyber Policy Portal that provides researchers with a single route to quickly get information and...
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IFS launch UK inequality review
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/15/ifs-launch-uk-inequality-review/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 15, 2019 Announced recently by IFS, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and chaired by Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Angus Deaton .
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Digital Library of the Middle East
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/digital-library-of-the-middle-east/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 DLME: Digital Library of the Middle East In response to violence and cultural destruction in the region, the Council on Library and Information Resources in association with...
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How much time do students spend studying?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/01/how-much-time-do-students-spend-studying/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2019 The 2019 engagement survey by AdvanceHE records a decline since 2016 in the proportion of students spending 11 hours or more per week in taught classes and/or independent learning;...
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Medieval and Renaissance Women project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/16/medieval-and-renaissance-women-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 16, 2022 Medieval and Renaissance Women project: digitised manuscripts The British Library is in the process of digitising many of its manuscripts, rolls and charters connected...
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Trends in Armed Conflict 1946-2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/27/trends-i-armed-conflict-1946-2014/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 27, 2017 Trends in Armed Conflict, 1946–2014 Free access to this factsheet of data recently published by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
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TCData360 launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/tcdata360-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 A new site from the World Bank which provides free access to open data on trade and competitiveness.
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First Annual report from UK Anti-Slavery Commissioner
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/first-annual-report-from-uk-anti-slavery-commissioner/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 Download the full text from the UK government website The appendix provides modern slavery crime data for England and Wales.
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Good Practices for Urban Refugees Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/31/good-practices-for-urban-refugees-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 31, 2017 A site created by UNHCR staff to gather together good examples of policy and practical implementation for those working with urban refugees.