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Are children in the UK exposed to online pornography?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/are-children-in-the-uk-exposed-to-online-pornography/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 And if so, what impact does it have on their lives and relationships? The NSPCC and the Children’s Commissioner asked Middlesex University to conduct a study.
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International Education Data Explorer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/international-education-data-explorer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 International Education Data Explorer is a tool from the National Center for Education Statistics at the Institute of Education Sciences which forms part of the U.S.
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Kleptocracy Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/kleptocracy-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 What is a kleptocracy? Kleptocracy is a system in which well-connected elite is able to use patronage or corruption to exploit the national resources for individual gain.
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Digital development
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/11/digital-development/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2017 Digital Planet is an interdisciplinary research initiative of The Fletcher School’s Institute for Business in the Global Context.
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Documenting Hate News Index launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/29/documenting-hate-news-index-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 29, 2017 Propublica in association with Google News Lab and a data visualization studio called Pitch Interactive has launched a site about hate crimes and bias incidents in the USA.
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Universal credit – does anyone benefit?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/universal-credit-does-anyone-benefit/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 IFS has conducted an economic analysis into the impact finding tha t it ‘will tend to weaken the incentive for single parents to be in work, and to strengthen the incentive for...
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Prison Reform
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/prison-reform/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 This week the RSA published an interesting scoping paper on the future prison . Browse their website to see other examples discussing the role and future reform of prisons.
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Global cost of dementia set to reach US $1 trillion by 2018…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/28/global-cost-of-dementia-set-to-reach-us-1-trillion-by-2018/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 28, 2015 …according to the latest annual World Alzheimer report 2015 . It also includes literature reviews on the societal impact of dementia and evidence that its rate is increasing.
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Employability and UK students
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/11/employability-and-uk-students/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 11, 2015 The Higher Education Academy annual engagement survey asks students how they have developed.
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What do students think of their courses?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/what-do-students-think-of-their-courses/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 Find out by downloading the 2016 Student academic experience survey from Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the Higher Education Academy.