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Humanitarian Data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/19/humanitarian-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2014 The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has launched the Humanitarian Data Exchange to offer a single access point to statistics from the...
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Stonewall Good University Guide
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/stonewall-good-university-guide/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 Stonewall have recently created a good universities guide . This rates what specific UK colleges are doing to support LGBT students. Leicester is on the list http://www.
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Sexual harassment in the workplace
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/09/sexual-harassment-in-the-workplace/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 9, 2018 “Urgent action” is needed to better protect victims of sexual harassment in the workplace a fter shocking incidents were reported to the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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Women in Social and Public Policy Research Hub
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/27/women-in-social-and-public-policy-research-hub/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 27, 2023 A new hub created at LSE Social Policy which aims to act as a network and website for scholars working on the causes and impact of gender inequality in education, labour markets and the...
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Black History in 100 Objects
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/black-history-in-100-objects/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 Oxfam GB | Black History in 100 Objects Oxfam is crowdsourcing a collection of 100 objects that express everyday Black history in the UK.
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Consumer behaviour in the UK (Black Friday/Christmas)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/consumer-behaviour-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 PWC retail outlook has predictions for the UK economy It also has the results of a recent survey on predicted shopping/ consumer behaviour for Black Friday in 2017.
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Atlas of Economic Complexity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/01/atlas-of-economic-complexity-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2022 A resource from Harvard University which maps accurate real data on global trade worldwide enabling great data visualizations.
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LGBTI inclusion index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/lgbti-inclusion-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 United Nations Development Programme has just devised the first indicators on how to measure LGBTI inclusion.
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Afrobarometer SDG Scorecard series
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/afrobarometer-sdg-scorecard-series/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 Launched recently by the Afrobarometer public opinion polls, the scorecard series allows African citizens in individual nations to score their own country on how well they think it...
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Business and Management MOOCs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/business-and-management-moocs/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 For a subject-based list take a look at the FT tracker for business and management In the UK a major service with content from the British Library and other major universities is...