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Brexit Statutory Instruments Dashboard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/26/brexit-statutory-instruments-dashboard/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2018 Westminster Lens A new tool launched by the Hansard Society . It aims to monitor how many Brexit SIs are being laid before Parliament each week.
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Canadian Gender Gap tracker launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/01/canadian-gender-gap-tracker-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2019 Informed Opinions has produced the Gender Gap Tracker in partnership with Simon Fraser University.
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World Kindness day 13th November
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/16/world-kindness-day-13th-november/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2020 To celebrate this, some special social sciences resources. The world giving index from CAF measures giving to charity and willingness to help a stranger amongst individuals.
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Peacekeeping Resource Hub
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/24/peacekeeping-resource-hub/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2023 The official UN website on peacekeeping now has an improved design.
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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...
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How much does poverty cost the UK?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/how-much-does-poverty-cost-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 Interesting report this week from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which examines the cost to UK public services budgets of citizens suffering poverty.
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Brazilian Presidential Transition (2018) Web Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/29/brazilian-presidential-transition-2018-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2019 This web archive has been curated by the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation, member libraries of the Latin America Libraries of the Northeast Group.
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Are 15-year-olds prepared to deal with fake news and misinformation?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/17/are-15-year-olds-prepared-to-deal-with-fake-news-and-misinformation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2021 A report launched by the OECD this week Data based on the cross-national PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) surveys.
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Pay and Progression of Women of Colour Literature Review
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/20/pay-and-progression-of-women-of-colour-literature-review/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2021 The Fawcett Society has recently launched a project to review employment and career progression of BAME women in the UK.
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Tool for humanitarian workers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/20/tool-for-humanitarian-workers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2021 Urban-Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (U-NEAT+) The United Nations launched a free online tool recently which is to help humanitarian aid workers rapidly identify and...