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How can UK universities improve the teaching of quantitative research methods in the Social Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/how-can-uk-universities-improve-the-teaching-of-quantitative-research-methods-in-the-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 This is the topic of a major new report just published by the British Academy . It calls for a greater emphasis upon developing skills more extensively and earlier in courses.
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World Development Indicators (WDI) 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/25/world-development-indicators-wdi-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 25, 2016 Just released by the World Bank this major dataset which has over 800 indicators covering more than 150 economies.
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Re-presenting the People
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/06/re-presenting-the-people/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 6, 2024 A practice based investigation into the hidden history of the Portsmouth Suffragists’ campaign for equal rights, explored through the lens of visual communication design.
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Conflict, Justice and Peace platform
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/04/conflict-justice-and-peace-platform/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2024 The LSE have launched the Conflict, Justice, and Peace (CJP) platform https://www.lse.ac.
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Civil Service Women Leaders Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/civil-service-women-leaders-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 EY Senior Civil Service Women Leaders Index found that the UK ranked 4 th in G20 countries amongst the representation of women in senior government official posts.
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Family Online Safety Grid Directory update
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/03/family-online-safety-grid-directory-update/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 3, 2016 Global Resource & Information Directory (GRID ) was first launched in 2010 by the Family Online Safety Institute in partnership with UNICEF.
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New website on Disaster Displacement
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/new-website-on-disaster-displacement/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 This aims to create a single platform or place where information can be found about people displaced by natural crises, disasters and climate change.
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Modern slavery
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/11/modern-slavery/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2017 The commercial company Maplethrorpe have just released their 2017 modern slavery index . You can view a summary on their website.
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Free access to writings covering South West Asia and North Africa
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/19/free-access-to-writings-covering-south-west-asia-and-north-africa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 19, 2023 SAGE is offering free access to journal articles, reference entries and chapters covering South West Asia and North Africa ‘for a limited period’ (period not defined).
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Poverty report 2023
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/18/poverty-report-2023/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 18, 2023 The 2023 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index report – Unstacking global poverty: Data for high-impact action – produced in partnership with the United Nations Development...