Search
-
The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/the-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 IDAHOT is commemorated on 17th May.
-
Impact of festivals project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/impact-of-festivals-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 If you are attending music festivals over the summer take a look at the blog from this research project which is being funded under the AHRC’s Connected Communities Programme.
-
Surveillance Industry Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/12/surveillance-industry-index-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 12, 2016 Just launched by Privacy International and Transparency Toolkit this new tool aims to track the development of the global surveillance industry.
-
Which regions/cities in the UK are the wealthiest?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/02/which-regions-cities-in-the-uk-are-the-wealthiest/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 2, 2016 Take a look at the latest annual Prosperity Index . The Barclays UK Prosperity Map is an annual piece of research compiled by Opinium on behalf of Barclays.
-
State of the Least Developed Countries report 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/26/state-of-the-least-developed-countries-report-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 26, 2016 Released in September by the Office of the High Representative for Least Developed Countries. It reviews the progress made in development for 48 countries.
-
Are girls invisible?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/11/are-girls-invisible/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 11, 2016 Yes according to the most recent report from Plan International .
-
First Annual report from UK Anti-Slavery Commissioner
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/first-annual-report-from-uk-anti-slavery-commissioner/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 Download the full text from the UK government website The appendix provides modern slavery crime data for England and Wales.
-
International Day of the Girl Child
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/international-day-of-the-girl-child/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 was celebrated by the UN on October 11th The official website has news , related resolutions and a resource section with reports including empowerment guidelines and statistics...
-
2016 summer Olympics and Paralympics web archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/04/2016-summer-olympics-and-paralympics-web-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2016 Free access via the Archive-It service to material collected by the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) There are over 4,000 materials from a range of...
-
British boards do not reflect ethnic diversity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/04/british-boards-do-not-reflect-ethnic-diversity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2016 The conclusion from the Parker review published this week which recommends quotas to enhance BAME employment prospects. See the CBI reaction.