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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Attractiveness surveys (for Business)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/26/attractiveness-surveys-for-business/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2017 Not Beauty! A series of reports on business attractiveness produced by EY – which countries attract foreign investment.
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Policy Network launch State of the Left Website
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/16/policy-network-launch-state-of-the-left-website/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2017 Following on from the Labour party resurgence The London office of the think tank Policy Network has recently launched State of the Left to offer free access to news and reports on...
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Divided Society: Northern Ireland 1990-1998
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/14/divided-society-northern-ireland-1990-1998/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 14, 2018 Part of the Northern Ireland Political Collection, curated by the Linen Hall Library, has been digitised.
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GDPR explained
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/01/gdpr-explained/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 The EU has launched a general information portal for the public.