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Entrepreneurs and Innovators: from the Middle Ages to the modern day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/16/entrepreneurs-and-innovators-from-the-middle-ages-to-the-modern-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2022 A teaching resource from Box of Broadcasts aimed at increasing the employability of students from a number of degrees, including management and History.
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The Mexico-US border
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/16/the-mexico-us-border/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2022 South from the North: The Mexico-US border and beyond is a teaching resource from Box of Broadcasts which may be of interest to Media and Communications, Spanish and Latin American...
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The Autism-Ready Libraries Toolkit
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/02/the-autism-ready-libraries-toolkit/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2023 The Autism-Ready Libraries Toolkit has been created by University of Washington iSchool to provide librarians with inclusive, research-based strategies to create inclusive environments...
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For South Asian Heritage Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/28/for-south-asian-heritage-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2023 CrossAsia Portal The portal has been set up by the Specialised Information Service Asia (Fachinformationsdienst Asien) at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
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Race and Diversity in UK Academia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/11/race-and-diversity-in-uk-academia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2014 Race and Diversity in UK Academia An analysis by the Conversation shows worrying under representation of black and Asian ethnic groups in UK universities both as students...
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What happens when gender quotas are introduced for academic hiring committees?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/18/what-happens-when-gender-quotas-are-introduced-for-academic-hiring-committees/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2019 Interesting working paper covering the situation in France which found that after gender quota in academic hiring committees were imposed in France in 2015 there was a negative impact...
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Is AI reinforcing Gender Biases?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/is-ai-reinforcing-gender-biases/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 Yes, according to the latest report from UNESCO entitled I’d blush if I could: closing gender divides in digital skills through education The 145-page report feels that there is...
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The Scottish Suffragette Cities Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/09/the-scottish-suffragette-cities-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2019 New website from Robert Gordon University which aims to map the struggle for the women’s vote in Scotland.
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Are 15-year-olds prepared to deal with fake news and misinformation?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/17/are-15-year-olds-prepared-to-deal-with-fake-news-and-misinformation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2021 A report launched by the OECD this week Data based on the cross-national PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) surveys.
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LGBT Equality in the Workplace
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/lgbt-equality-in-the-workplace/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 Find out the best place to work in the UK by consulting the latest annual Stonewall Equality Index.