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Women will take 118 years to achieve equality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/women-will-take-118-years-to-achieve-equality/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 A ccording to the World Economic Forum Global Gender report which ranks over 140 economies on health, economic, political and education factors.
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Connecting Africa
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/connecting-africa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 Connecting-Africa is supported by the Netherlands African Studies Association (NVAS). It provides free access to digital resources on Africa.
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ACLED Conflict Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/09/acled-conflict-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2024 The ACLED Conflict Index A new indicator relating to civilian impact of conflict.
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Lit&Phil Society: Ernest Rutherford: from Kiwi farm boy to President of the Royal Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/08/litphil-society-ernest-rutherford-from-kiwi-farm-boy-to-president-of-the-royal-society/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 November 2022 Professor Mary Fowler will give a talk to the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society on Monday, 14th November, about her Great Grandfather, Ernest Rutherford, the father of nuclear physics.
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Islamophobia Studies Journal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/10/islamophobia-studies-journal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2013 Islamophobia Studies Journal is a new a bi-annual peer reviewed academic periodical published by the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project, UC Berkeley, which aims to...
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Spectator Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/15/spectator-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 15, 2013 Still in beta format: http://archive.spectator.co.uk/ Search free of charge the full text digital version of this weekly, right-wing magazine from July 1828 to December 2008.
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Bloomberg: Sino-British trade
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/01/bloomberg-sino-british-trade/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2013 U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced a series of agreements on trade and investment during a recent visit to China.
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International Political Science Association conference papers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/31/international-political-science-association-conference-papers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 31, 2014 International Political Science Association conference papers.
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Women work for nothing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/07/women-work-for-nothing/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 7, 2014 According to the latest briefing from the Fawcett Society , the UK Gender gap is growing. It constitutes the equivalent of women working for free for over 2 months per year.
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Bank of England release secret minutes on the financial crisis
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/09/bank-of-england-release-secret-minutes-on-the-financial-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 9, 2015 What did the bank know about the impending financial crisis in May and June 2007? Find out from contemporary minutes just released on the Bank of England website.