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Do extroverts earn more?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/18/do-extroverts-earn-more/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2016 Interesting report released this week by the Sutton Trust which examines the link between personality, aspirations, career prospects and socioeconomic status.
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Advertising on Social Media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/02/advertising-on-social-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2018 As a move to greater transparency Facebook has launche d this searchable database about political adverts appearing on Facebook and who is funding them.
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Which degrees give the most financial rewards?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/which-degrees-give-the-most-financial-rewards/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Interesting research from IFS looking at early career rewards from obtaining a degree.
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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...
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African Regional Integration Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/06/04/african-regional-integration-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2020 The second edition has recently been released in a collaboration between The African Union Commission, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the African Development Bank.
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Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals, 2020
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/30/atlas-of-sustainable-development-goals-2020/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2020 The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals, 2020 is based upon The World Bank’s World Development Indicators database, as well as from a wide variety of other...
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Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970 – 2019)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/14/atlas-of-mortality-and-economic-losses-from-weather-climate-and-water-extremes-1970-2019/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2021 WMO Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970 – 2019 ) A rich source of data published recently by the World Meteorological...
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Education in post-conflict and lockdown situations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/11/24/education-in-post-conflict-and-lockdown-situations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2021 Education4Resilience – online platform Site created by UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO), in partnership with the Education Above All...
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Using Data and Analytics in HE
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/29/using-data-and-analytics-in-he/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 29, 2022 Data and Analytics- EDUCAUSE 2022 This report from EDUCAUSE is useful in keeping track of recent and emerging technologies relating to data and analytics in...
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Global registry of oil and gas reserves
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/30/global-registry-of-oil-and-gas-reserves/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2022 Global registry of oil and gas reserves , provides access in one place to production and emissions with data for more than 50,000 fields.