Search
-
The UK housing market
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/08/the-uk-housing-market/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2017 The Legal and General reported that from its findings in 2016 the bank of mum and dad was involved in 25% of all property transactions.
-
IDAHOT 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/22/idahot-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 22, 2017 The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia was observed on May 17.
-
Which countries are best for children’s rights?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/14/which-countries-are-best-for-childrens-rights/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2017 International children’s rights foundation KidsRights and Erasmus University, Rotterdam have recently published the KidsRights Index 2017, a global ranking which charts countries’...
-
How reading increases your life expectancy by 26 years!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/how-reading-increases-your-life-expectancy-by-26-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 World Book day was celebrated on Thursday What are the benefits of reading? The Reading Agency quotes a number of studies on economic, health and well-being and educational impacts...
-
Open access theses and dissertations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/20/open-access-theses-and-dissertations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2018 OpenDissertations.org, a project from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and BiblioLabs , has now been officially been launched.
-
The Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/02/the-journal-of-learning-and-teaching-in-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2018 A new open-access journal produced by Leicester Learning Institute – The Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (JLTHE) – was launched this week.
-
150 years of the TUC
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/15/150-years-of-the-tuc/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2018 To celebrate is founding 150 years ago the TUC is creating its 150 voices to capture inspiring stories about trade unionists.
-
22,000 children aged 10 and 11 are obese
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/01/22000-children-aged-10-and-11-are-obese/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 …according to the latest report from the Local Government Association. The House of Commons also released the report: House of Commons Health Committee Childhood obesity: Time for action.
-
Sexual violence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/22/sexual-violence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 22, 2018 The International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in conflict was held on the 19 th June. R ead what Angelina Jolie said about this in a 2016 LSE event.
-
2018 State of the World’s Volunteerism Report: The thread that binds
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/03/2018-state-of-the-worlds-volunteerism-report-the-thread-that-binds/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2018 The United Nations has just released its annual report on volunteering. It has estimations on the extent of volunteering by nation and gender.