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Gender imbalance in film scripts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/gender-imbalance-in-film-scripts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 University of Washington computer scientists have created a tool which analyses film scripts to consider the relative power and agency of characters in films.
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Syrian Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/syrian-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 This website hopes to document and preserve evidence of human rights abuses in Syria.
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Employers who underpay workers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/employers-who-underpay-workers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 The UK government has released a list of 350 employers who failed to the minimum wage . The page also has facts on the key industrial sectors concerned.
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Bedroom tax
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/bedroom-tax/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 The Final Report from the Evaluation of the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (often referred to as the ‘bedroom tax’) carried out jointly by CCHPR and Ipsos Mori, has been published.
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Racism in British Universities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/racism-in-british-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 The UCU union has just released a survey of its BME members in which shockingly 90% of those who answered reported that they had faced barriers to promotion and over 70%...
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Windrush at 75
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/19/windrush-at-75/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2023 Windrush 75 portal – New from the National Archives , a place to find out about the history and impact of the arrival of the Empire Windrush.
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The Africa Desk
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/03/africa-desk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2012 http://www.africadesk.ac.uk/ A new portal designed for African studies scholars.
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RTE Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/16/rte-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2012 http://www.rte.
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Are bankers dishonest?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/01/are-bankers-dishonest/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2014 According to a study published in Nature, the banking culture encourages dishonesty. Research from YouGov has shown that since the recession public trust in banking has declined.
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How many women work in UK film production?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/12/how-many-women-work-in-uk-film-production/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2017 In 2015 25% of the 203 British films in production had no women in any of the six key production roles (director, writer, producer, exec-producer, cinematographer, and editor).