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  • Has the Gender pay gap worsened?

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/12/has-the-gender-pay-gap-worsened/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 12, 2019 Though things are slowly improving at the University of Leicester , the media has reported that gap in wages between men and women is widening.

  • Is working overtime bad for you? Some interesting evidence from Higher education.

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/is-working-overtime-bad-for-you-some-interesting-evidence-from-higher-education/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 This article mentioned in  the Times Higher  last week had the headline Do some overtime (but not too much) It is based on this article: Fontinha, R., Easton, S., & Van Laar, D.

  • Peace Activism in the UK during the Cold War

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/22/peace-activism-in-the-uk-during-the-cold-war/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2019 A new online resource based upon the archives of CND held in the LSE Library.

  • Who do you trust in business NGOs and the media?

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/01/31/who-do-you-trust-in-business-ngos-and-the-media/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 31, 2020 The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer measures levels of trust in business, NGOs and the media.

  • Development aid targeted at women is rising

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/23/development-aid-targeted-at-women-is-rising/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2020 25 years since the Beijing conference, aid specifically for women and girls is  rising, according to latest data from the OECD It analysed OECD and DAC data invested by...

  • Happiness (and the effects of Covid-19 on it)

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/22/happiness-and-the-effects-of-covid-19-on-it/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2021 The World Happiness Report  is a survey of the state of global happiness that ranks over 150 countries by how happy their citizens feel themselves to be.

  • History of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/history-of-the-anti-apartheid-movement-in-britain/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 Forward to Freedom:  The History of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain 1959-1994.

  • Well-being of the aged

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/06/10/wellbeing-of-the-aged/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2014 The Global Agewatch Index From HelpAge International ranks nations worldwide on their environment  for older persons.

  • 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.

  • Levels of support for the EU

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/levels-of-support-for-the-eu/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 This week saw the launch of a new group Conservatives for Britain which will lobby for withdrawal from the EU if renegotiation does not secure a better relationship.

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