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• Living Home Standard launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/21/living-home-standard-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 21, 2016 Shelter in conjunction with user research from IPSO Mori has launched a new Living Home Standard based on 42 criteria which members of the public feel should be used to assess housing...

• Bullying, Cyber-bullying, Pupil Safety and Well-Being

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/bullying-cyber-bullying-pupil-safety-and-well-being/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 Interesting example of an international project , involving four European research teams and two Indian teams, which is examining the dangers faced by children and teenagers in the...

• Is Britain a socially mobile nation?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/18/is-britain-a-socially-mobile-nation/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 18, 2016 Find out with the latest annual report form the Social Mobility Commission.

• Urban transformations

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/18/urban-transformations/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 18, 2016 Get the latest news and research from this ESRC funded network coordinated by the University of Oxford.   Key topics include demography, socio cultural change and governance.

• Where do rich people live? Are they getting wealthier?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/where-do-rich-people-live-are-they-getting-wealthier/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 Get the latest data in the 2016  Global Wealth Report from the Credit Suisse Research Institute.

• World AIDS Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/06/world-aids-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 6, 2016 1st December was World AIDS Day .  In its latest report UNAIDS announced the positive news that  18.

• Hate crimes

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/16/hate-crimes/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 16, 2016 MIC launches database of  transgender murders A key initiative has recently been unveiled in tracking this underreported crime.

• What young people think and feel

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/10/what-do-young-people-think-and-feel/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2017 A fascinating worldwide survey from the Varkey Foundation which surveyed over 20,000 young people (born 1995-2001) in 20 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China,...

• 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.

• 8th March is International Women’s Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/08/8th-march-is-international-womens-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2017 The theme this year is be bold for change.