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Pepys: teaching resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/22/pepys-teaching-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 22, 2024 Professor Kate Loveman (School of Arts, University of Leicester) has created a new collection of educational resources for key stage 1 & 2 about Samuel Pepys and his times.
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Paragon Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/04/paragon-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2015 Institute of Economic Affairs launch Paragon Project The IEA is a free market think tank founded in 1955.
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Crimes against journalists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/06/crimes-against-journalists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2015 November 2 nd was the international day to end impunity about crimes against journalists .
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Are today’s twenty something’s better off than in the past?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/17/are-todays-twenty-somethings-better-off-than-in-the-past/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2018 Not according to this report from the Intergenerational Foundation Think tank It compared economic wellbeing, relationships, health, personal environment and a sense of belonging from...
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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.
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1.1 million abusive tweets sent to women in 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/04/1-1-million-abusive-tweets-sent-to-women-in-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 4, 2019 …according to large-scale research undertaken by Amnesty International and Element AI , a global artificial intelligence software product company.
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Facebook Ads Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/facebook-ads-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 Who pays for adverts on Facebook? This free resource will have data for 7 years of all political and other advertising on Facebook and Instagram.
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World University rankings: what is their worth?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/19/world-university-rankings-what-is-their-worth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2020 Interesting findings from an ARMA committee investigating some of the most well known and influential rankings of universities: ARWU , THE WR , QS, ...
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The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/26/the-armed-conflict-location-event-data-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2020 ACLED’s political violence and protest data website now has a new feature in addition to the datasets which allow researchers to monitor emerging crises around...
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UNSCR 1325 at 20: report from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/09/unscr-1325-at-20-report-from-the-womens-international-league-for-peace-and-freedom/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2020 This WILPF report, Perspectives from Feminist Peace Activists and Civil Society , is based on a series of global interviews, consultations, and meetings with feminist peace activists...