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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%...

• South African Governmental Publications collection

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/18/south-african-governmental-publications-collection/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 18, 2023 South African Governmental Publications collection  is now available on the LSE Digital Library .   It contains government and colonial publications.

• Wider determinants of Health Tool launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/wider-determinants-of-health-tool-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 A great new tool for Public Health England which uses official data to explore the social and economic and environmental factors which impact on the health of the English population.

• Disabled Students Commission annual report

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/25/disabled-students-commission-annual-report/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 25, 2021 Information on issues faced by British disabled students during the pandemic; information on the support received and the challenges ahead.

• Free speech at UK universities

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/02/23/free-speech-at-uk-universities/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2021 Read the government paper that was released this week and responses from: Office of the Independent Adjudicator WonkHE Universities UK NUS UCU Russell Group Posted in Criminology ,...

• The value of Libraries

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/the-value-of-libraries/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 Neil Gaiman writes for the Guardian about the value of libraries for children and adults alike http://www.theguardian.

• QS University Rankings

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/10/qs-university-rankings/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2021 The latest QS university rankings have been published. Leicester is at #242. There are 51 subject rankings for 2021. You should consult the methodology on how they are compiled.

• Sketch Engine

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/24/sketch-engine/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2012 We now have a new subscription to Sketch Engine.

• Oor Willy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/oor-willy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Oor Willy, Your Willy, A’body’s Willy The National Library of Scotland has launched the Oor Wullie’s guide website for children.

• UNESCO open data

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/30/unesco-open-data/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2015 UNESCO has created a new portal with data on annual expenditure and ongoing projects since 2014.  It includes donor, regional and theme based information.