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Black Women Radicals Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/05/01/black-women-radicals-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 1, 2024 Biographies of women activists from Africa and the African diaspora. The database is constantly updated and is free for educational use.
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YouTube Newswire launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/29/youtube-newswire-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 29, 2015 A new Youtube channel in association with social media site Storyful which aims to present verified eye witness citizen journalism films.
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How to improve social mobility in higher education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/how-to-improve-social-mobility-in-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 The report published this week by an advisory group of Universities UK has recommendations which include improving advice given to students and enhancing school/university collaborations.
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Global Risks 2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/17/global-risks-2014/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 17, 2014 Global Risks 2014 Released by World Economic Forum. Analyses 31 global risks.
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Talking Europe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/31/talking-europe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2019 A pan-European project , with independent funders such as VoxPop , which aims to engage citizens in online discussions about politics by using an algorithm to match them with someone from...
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A Global Survey of Journalism and AI
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/22/a-global-survey-of-journalism-and-ai/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2019 New from Polis think tank a study which reveals how artificial intelligence is currently being used by news services and what its future might be.
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Closing the attainment gap
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/02/08/closing-the-attainment-gap/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2021 The Higher Education Policy Institute has been looking at the effect of the Covid pandemic on the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. Read about it in the blog post by Gwen Morris .
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Women in politics 2017 infographic
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/24/women-in-politics-2017-infographic/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2017 Really great A3 size visual mapping created by the IPU which clearly shows on a worldwide map statistics and ranking on women’s political leadership and parliamentary representation.
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UN sanctions
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/10/un-sanctions/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2023 UN Sanctions App From the Global Governance Centre at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Hope Not Hate: the State of Hate in 2019
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/22/hope-not-hate-the-state-of-hate-in-2019/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 22, 2019 Annual report from the group which monitors online hate , islamophobia, homophobia and the state of the far right in Britain today.