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• New data visualisation site from the Office for National Statistics

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/11/new-data-visualisation-site-from-the-office-for-national-statistics/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 11, 2016 Now in Beta version  Visual.ONS http://visual.ons.gov.uk/ which aims to provide new visually interesting and accessible displays of official statistics.

• Sustainable Development Goals game

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/sustainable-development-goals-game/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 The United Nations have created a special board game (based on Snakes and Ladders) to teach children about 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

• ‘More than 40% of girls are sexting’ (NSPCC)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/13/more-than-40-of-girls-are-sexting-nspcc/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 13, 2015 Sexting is common amongst girls, according to a  new report from the NSPCC  .

• International Day of the Girl Child

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/international-day-of-the-girl-child/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 was celebrated by the UN on October 11th   The official website has news , related resolutions and a resource section with reports including empowerment guidelines and statistics...

• Revolutionary Papers

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/26/revolutionary-papers/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2024  An international, transdisciplinary research and teaching initiative on 20 th  century anti-colonial, anti-imperial periodicals of the Global South.

• 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...

• World Kindness day 13th November

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/16/world-kindness-day-13th-november/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2020 To celebrate this, some special social sciences resources. The world giving index from CAF  measures giving to charity and willingness to help a stranger amongst individuals.

• Art under attack 2016

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/art-under-attack-2016/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 Censorship and Attacks on Artistic Freedom in 2016 .  The annual report b y Freemuse based on 78 countries recorded 1,028 attacks on artists and violations of their rights in 2016.

• 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.

• Academic Freedom Index launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/30/academic-freedom-index-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2020 The Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) is an independent non-profit think tank based in Berlin.