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• BBC handbook online

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/26/bbc-handbook-online/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2021 The BBC Hand Book was first issued in 1928 and published until 1987 when it became annual reports.

• Bedroom tax

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/bedroom-tax/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 The Final Report from the Evaluation of the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (often referred to as the ‘bedroom tax’) carried out jointly by CCHPR and Ipsos Mori, has been published.

• Are children in the UK exposed to online pornography?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/are-children-in-the-uk-exposed-to-online-pornography/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 And if so, what impact does it have on their lives and relationships?  The NSPCC and the Children’s Commissioner asked Middlesex University to conduct a study.

• Gender imbalance in film scripts

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/gender-imbalance-in-film-scripts/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 University of Washington computer scientists have created a tool which analyses film scripts to consider the relative power and agency of characters in films.

• Rule of Law Index 2017-18

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/rule-of-law-index-2017-18/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 Just released by the World Justice Project . It examines and ranks adherence to the rule of law in 113 nations and jurisdictions worldwide.  Evidence is gathered from surveys.

• LGBT tolerance

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/lgbt-tolerence/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 Survey of LGBT Americans- attitudes experiences and values Latest data from Pew research. Findings include more acceptance, however at the same time discrimination continues.

• Mapping the Sounds of Leicestershire & Rutland

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/10/26/mapping-the-sounds-of-leicestershire-rutland/

  Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on October 26, 2020 In the summer of 2020, three Museum Studies students at the University of Leicester (Elizabeth Gray, Lillian Namyaalo and Maria Georgiadou) joined the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage team to create a sound...

• vholmes

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/catherine_holmes/

  Blog 3: Items of Interest chosen by Jenni Hunt. Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on April 9, 2021 Over the past few months I have been working on listing the University of Leicester’s Administrative Archive.

• Study Abroad gallery

  https://le.ac.uk/modern-languages/study/undergraduate/study-abroad-gallery

  Explore some of the beautiful images captured by our students whilst out exploring the world on their Summer Schools and Years Abroad.

• Gender Pay Gap reporting is now compulsory…

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/04/11/gender-pay-gap-reporting-is-now-compulsory/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2017 … for  employers with 250 or more staff.  To find out about the new system see the UK government website  and read the legislation.