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• LGBT and work

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/lgbt-and-work/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 A report from the TUC – the cost of being out at work –  reported nearly 39% LGBT responding to their survey had been victimised or discriminated against by colleagues.

• Global attacks on the press

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/27/global-attacks-on-the-press/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2018 This week Freedom House Reports released Attacks on the Record – the state of world press freedom 2017/18.

• Hope Not Hate: the State of Hate in 2019

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/22/hope-not-hate-the-state-of-hate-in-2019/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 22, 2019 Annual report from the group which monitors online hate , islamophobia, homophobia and the state of the far right in Britain today.

• The Data Journalism Handbook

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/28/the-data-journalism-handbook/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 28, 2014 http://datajournalismhandbook.org/  A free, open-source reference book written after a 48-hour workshop at MozFest 2011 in London. Also available in the library at 070.40285 DAT.

• Are Students addicted to their Mobile Phones?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/are-students-addicted-to-their-mobile-phones/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 Read this interesting exploratory paper.  Hooked on Smartphones: An Exploratory Study  on Smartphone Overuse among College Students by Uichin Lee et al.

• Facebook government data requests

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/facebook-government-data-requests/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 The latest update from Facebook shows increasing demands from governments for data on users and content removal.  It also provides information on  legal challenges.

• What are the most popular online purchases?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/what-are-the-most-popular-online-purchases/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 Recent date from the ONS allows you to discover what types of products are purchased by different age-groups.

• Index of Economic Freedom 2015

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/06/index-of-economic-freedom-2015/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 6, 2015 From the Heritage foundation/ Wall Street Journal – an annual ranking of economic policy/ regulation in nations worldwide.  The index equates ‘ freedom’ with economic prosperity.

• Death Sentences in 2014

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/15/death-sentence-in-2014/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2015 Amnesty International publishes its latest annual report and statistical data on the death penalty worldwide in 2014 .

• How to improve social mobility in higher education

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/how-to-improve-social-mobility-in-higher-education/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 The report published this week by an advisory group of Universities UK has recommendations which include improving advice given to students and enhancing school/university collaborations.