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• United Nations disability statistics

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/31/united-nations-disability-statistics/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 31, 2018 A new section of the UN main website now provides free access to data which it has collected since 1988. Sources are national level surveys, censuses and reports.

• LGBTQ+ Student Mental Health

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/03/lgbtq-student-mental-health/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 3, 2018 The challenges and needs of gender, sexual and romantic minorities in Higher Education The latest report from Student Minds completed by 467 students, recent graduates and members of...

• What should we do about Fake News?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/what-should-we-do-about-fake-news/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 This  week   the   LSE Truth, Trust and Technology Commission launched its report.

• Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019 launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/14/social-institutions-and-gender-index-2019-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2018 Pioneered by the OECD in 2009, this index has been updated for 2019 It covers 180 nations providing profiles and cross-country rankings classifying countries according to their level...

• Anti-Semitism growing in the UK

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/08/anti-semitism-growing-in-the-uk/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2019 Shocking data this week that anti-Semitic incidents recorded by the Community Security trust continue to grow.  Their 2018 annual report lists 1,652.

• Empowered Campus: Gender-based violence reports

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/07/empowered-campus-gender-based-violence-reports/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 7, 2020 Empowered Campus has released materials arguing that gender-based violence should be a priority in light of Covid-19 – predicting a rise in cases of sexual harassment and assault in...

• Queer Zine Archive Project

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/31/queer-zine-archive-project/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 31, 2018 Queer Zine Archive Project – QZAP Originally founded by Milo Miller and Chris Wilde in Milwaukee.

• How many times a day do you check your phone?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/03/how-many-times-a-day-do-you-check-your-phone/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2018 According to the latest  Ofcom communications report people in the UK now check their smartphones, on average, every 12 minutes of the waking day.

• Expanded Hansard coverage for UK Parliament website

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/03/expanded-hansard-coverage-for-uk-parliament-website/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 3, 2018 A new redesigned site now offers 200 years of parliamentary debates from the main UK website . You can quickly search by Members, debates and petitions.

• Myanmar – human rights concerns

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/03/myanmar-human-rights-concerns/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 3, 2018 T his week the United Nations has raised concerns about  genocide in Myanmar.   What are the human rights concerns? Try these free resources. UN Press releases.