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PSE: UK Poverty and social exclusion
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/17/pse-uk-poverty-and-social-exclusion/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2012 http://www.poverty.ac.uk/ has just been re-launched, with a host of new features to improve access to the project data and findings.
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Knowledge Gateway for Women’s Economic Empowerment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/27/knowledge-gateway-for-womens-economic-empowerment/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 27, 2013 Launched by UN Women in association with the government of Canada. News and full-text resources relating to women and economics.
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POOC in participatory media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/12/13/pooc-in-participatory-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2013 Media@McGill’s Participatory, Open, Online Course (or “POOC”) on The Participatory Condition Addresses the history, problems and possibilities of participatory media in contemporary...
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What young people think and feel
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/10/what-do-young-people-think-and-feel/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2017 A fascinating worldwide survey from the Varkey Foundation which surveyed over 20,000 young people (born 1995-2001) in 20 countries (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China,...
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‘Average income back to pre-recession levels’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/09/average-income-back-to-pre-recession-levels/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2015 According to the latest research from IFS.
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Are young people the ‘new poor?’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/are-young-people-the-new-poor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 The latest LSE research has revealed that despite better qualifications, young people in their 20s have suffered a higher percentage of falling wages than older generations.
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Tackling violence against women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/30/tackling-violence-against-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2016 Tackling Violence against Women is a great new website from the LSE centre for Women Peace and Security which aims to offer students and members of the public a solid introduction...
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Miner’s Strike 1984-85 Digital collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/24/miners-strike-1984-85-digital-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2017 For those interested in industrial and labour history a collection of over 50 images relating to the 1980s strike have been added to the People’s Collection of Wales.
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Equality Challenge Unit reveals Female, LGB and Ethnic Minority STEMM academics face disadvantage.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/04/11/equality-challenge-unit-reveals-female-lgb-and-ethnic-minority-stemm-academics-face-disadvantage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2017 The Athena Survey of Science, Engineering and Technology (ASSET) 2016 report assessed the current experiences, expectations and perceptions of gender equality in STEMM (science,...
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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.