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• Culture of bullying for UK black academics

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/08/culture-of-bullying-for-uk-black-academics/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2019 …according to a recent survey by UCU union. There are only 25 black female professors in the UK. 0.1 % of the total percentage.

• South-South Galaxy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/10/south-south-galaxy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2019 A new website launched the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). The project intends to give support to countries of the South, so they can share best practice and knowledge.

• Global Childhood report published

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/10/global-childhood-report-published/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2019 Save the Children has just published its third annual report which examines the condition of children in different nations worldwide.

• Men continue to dominate positions of power in British Life

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/01/20/men-continue-to-dominate-positions-of-power-in-british-life/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2020 According to the latest Fawcett sex and power report .  The situation is even worse for BAME women.

• Digital Incivility

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/digital-incivility/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 The Microsoft Digital Civility Index (DCI) Microsoft has been measuring online behaviour and has found a worrying increase of bad behaviour and digital incivility over the last 4 years.

• Women and the Internet

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/16/women-and-the-internet/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2020 Tim Berners–Lee open letter why the Internet is not working for women and girls.

• Race and Diversity in UK Academia

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/11/race-and-diversity-in-uk-academia/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2014 Race and Diversity in UK Academia An analysis by the  Conversation  shows worrying under representation of black and Asian ethnic groups in UK universities both as students...

• Documentaries on Palestine

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/22/documentaries-on-palestine/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2014 Palestinian docs Website that features information about documentary films which focus upon Palestine and life of Palestinians, compiled by University of St.

• Israel Elections 2015

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/israel-elections-2015/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 Elections are due to take place on 17th March. The Israel Democracy Institute website is a good starting point for background information on the electoral process.

• Surveillance Industry Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/12/surveillance-industry-index-2/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 12, 2016 Just launched by Privacy International and Transparency Toolkit this new tool aims to track the development of the global surveillance industry.