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Looking for Queer Possibility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/27/lookig-for-queer-possibility/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2023 Looking for Queer Possibility Zine Designed by Margaret Middleton for archive staff and queer archive visitors this zine was launched at the event Looking for Queer Possibility in the...
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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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Gender, race and money in politics database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/12/gender-race-and-money-in-politics-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 12, 2019 The Center for Responsive Politics has just released a new database which enables researchers to explore the interaction between gender and race in US campaign funding.
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LGBT History Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/02/07/lgbt-history-month-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2020 LGBT history month (February) is a good time to revisit these free British Library resources: LGBTQ histories on the British Library website explores the development of LGBTQ...
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Social Mobility Barometer, 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/17/social-mobility-barometer-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2021 The latest annual report from the UK Social Mobility Commission is a poll of what the public think about equality and social mobility.
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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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Dialect and Heritage project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/07/dialect-and-heritage-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2022 Dialect and Heritage project This project from the University of Leeds in partnership with local museums aims to update the original 1951 survey of dialects which surveyed mainly older...
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Gender pay gap at the BBC
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/gender-pay-gap-at-the-bbc/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jan/08/carrie-gracie-letter-in-full The BBC’s China editor resigned this week over pay inequality.
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ILO launches new Labour Statistics portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/15/ilo-launches-new-labour-statistics-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 15, 2019 A new website from the International Labour Organisation enables researchers to quickly access up-to-date international statistics on all aspects of labour, employment and the labour...
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Social data during the COVID-19 pandemic
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/04/27/social-data-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2020 Useful crowd sources Google Docs being coordinated by Ben Geiger University of Kent and the National Centre for Social Methods.