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• Social Media and the Olympics

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/22/social-media-and-the-olympics/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2016 A great example of the use of Instagram to highlight street art in Rio.

• Arabic Journalism Observatory

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/02/arabic-journalism-observatory/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 2, 2016 A new initiative of the European Journalism Observatory in partnership with the Media Development Centre in Tunisia, the new AJO will focus on Arab nations, providing a portal...

• Where is the worst place in the UK to be a girl?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/26/where-is-the-worst-place-in-the-uk-to-be-a-girl/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 26, 2016 According to the latest report from Plan UK five indicators were used to rank the 346 local/unitary authorities in England and Wales.

• Living Home Standard launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/21/living-home-standard-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 21, 2016 Shelter in conjunction with user research from IPSO Mori has launched a new Living Home Standard based on 42 criteria which members of the public feel should be used to assess housing...

• Al Jazeera News game

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/al-jazeera-news-game/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 Interesting example of a game produced by Al Jazeera English which aims to raise questions about investigative journalism and cybersecurity:    HACKED: Syria’s...

• Is Britain a socially mobile nation?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/18/is-britain-a-socially-mobile-nation/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 18, 2016 Find out with the latest annual report form the Social Mobility Commission.

• 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.

• Scottish Resources

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/20/scottish-resources/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2017 The Word on the Street has broadsheet popular newspapers from 1650-1910. Search by keyword or place. Get popular reports of current events, crimes, politics and attitudes.

• Wider determinants of Health Tool launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/wider-determinants-of-health-tool-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 A great new tool for Public Health England which uses official data to explore the social and economic and environmental factors which impact on the health of the English population.

• What contributes to school students well-being?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/04/24/what-contributes-to-school-students-well-being/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 24, 2017 Find out by reading the latest OECD PISA reports. This also provides country surveys which consider where teenagers feel happiest.