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• Poverty and Social Exclusion

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/poverty-and-social-exclusion/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Latest Report from Poverty and Social Exclusion Project The shocking findings on rising levels of poverty in the UK were presented at a conference in London this week.

• Global billionaires and political power

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/03/global-billionaires-and-political-power/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2014 Global billionaires political power list New From the Brookings Institution and based on a forthcoming book by Darrell West, this is a ranking of political power exercised by the top...

• Mapping Early American Elections Project

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/03/mapping-early-american-elections-project/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2017 Just launched this major project funded by National Endowment for the Humanities which will provide free access to visualisations on a state level of how Americans voted for their...

• International Women’s Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/08/international-womens-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2018 International Women’s Day is celebrated on the 8 th March to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. This year the theme is Press for Progress.

• Catalonia Referendum Results

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/21/catalonia-referendum-results/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2014 The Catalan News Monitor is a useful English language site created by Plataforma pel Dret de Decidir , an umbrella organisation of more than 700 associations campaigning for the...

• Children and Social Media

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/01/children-and-social-media/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2014 How much time do British children spend using social media each day? Results from Ofcom which is based on 3-day digital diaries of 186 primary school children and 173 secondary.

• Are the social sciences significant?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/09/are-the-social-sciences-significant/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2015 The recent report from the Campaign for Social Science- The Business of people considers the value of social science to policy makers, its present funding and future ways in which it can...

• UK elections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/30/uk-elections/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2015 ‘Only 16% of 18-24 year olds certain to vote’ One of the findings from the latest annual audit of UK political engagement published by the Hansard Society.

• What does Boris owe?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/what-does-boris-owe/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 This site has been created by Remain activist Sarah Noble: Associated with Vote Leave Watch It seeks to hold Leave campaigners accountable.

• Global university ranking of employability

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/18/global-university-ranking-of-employability/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 18, 2016 Which university graduates are favoured by employers?  See the 2016 ranking of 150 institutions from the Times Higher .