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  • Feminism in the School curriculum

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/18/feminism-in-the-school-curriculum/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2016 This week MPs discussed the proposal for feminism to be dropped from the A Level politics curriculum. See the draft curriculum from 2015.

  • Digital Caricatures of the Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune (1870-71)

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/12/13/digital-caricatures-of-the-franco-prussian-war-and-the-paris-commune-1870-71/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2024 Recently made available by the Cambridge digital library at Cambridge University Library https://www.lib.cam.ac.

  • International students benefit the economy

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/international-students-benefit-the-economy/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 The ‘gross benefits are, on average, £87,000 for each EU student and £102,000 for each non-EU student according to the latest research published this week by The Higher...

  • A new Regional Gender Equality Monitor

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/29/a-new-regional-gender-equality-monitor/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2019 A new index which focuses specifically on female disadvantage and achievement at a regional level within the European Union.

  • ‘Removing womens’ inequality would add $12 trillion to global growth’

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/30/removing-womens-inequality-would-add-12-trillion-to-global-growth/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2016 …according to the latest report from Mckinsey.   It estimates that gender inequality has vast economic costs.

  • European Digital City Index 2016

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/european-digital-city-index-2016/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 Launched by Nesta to measure how well cities support start-ups and digital entrepreneurs.  This year it has expanded and now covers 60 cities.

  • Human rights day

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/14/human-rights-day/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2018 The United Nations observance of this day occurs every 10 th December.   The official website has related resolutions and news for 2018.

  • History of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/history-of-the-anti-apartheid-movement-in-britain/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 Forward to Freedom:  The History of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain 1959-1994.

  • 20% of women have experienced some kind of sexual assault since the age of 16

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/09/20-of-women-have-experienced-some-kind-of-sexual-assault-since-the-age-of-16/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2018 Latest shocking data from the UK Office of National Statistics. This compares with 4% of men. See the methodology and full report on the website.

  • Poverty in the UK

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/poverty-in-the-uk-2/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 4.5 million people are more than 50% below the poverty line, and 7 million people are living in persistent poverty in the UK.

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