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• Where is the Best Place to Grow old?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/09/25/where-is-the-best-place-to-grow-old/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2015 Find out by consulting the Global Agewatch Index 2015 from HelpAge International which ranks 96 nations .

• Living wage level raised

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/06/living-wage-level-raised/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2015 The level of the living wage was raised by 40p an hour this week to £8.25.

• Universal credit – does anyone benefit?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/universal-credit-does-anyone-benefit/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 IFS has conducted an economic analysis into the impact finding tha t it ‘will tend to weaken the incentive for single parents to be in work, and to strengthen the incentive for...

• Celebrating LGBT History month

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/celebrating-lgbt-history-month/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 February is LGBT History month http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/ Take a look at the Gay t-Shirt archive!   Wearing Gay History a digital archive of American LGBT t-shirts.

• Economists on Twitter

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/economists-on-twitter/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 The working paper site RePEc has just launched its own directory of economists who tweet.

• Is Britain Fairer?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/18/is-britain-fairer-2/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2016 A major new report launched last week by the Equality and Human Rights Commission examines the nature of disadvantage in Britain in 2016.

• UK Data Service Training

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/28/uk-data-service-training/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 28, 2016 The UK Data Service is providing the following webinars in May and June: Key issues in reusing data , 4 May 2016, 15.00 – 16.00 The UK Census Longitudinal datasets , 6 May 2016, 14.

• Inclusive Growth Commission

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/inclusive-growth-commission/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 RSA Launch Inclusive Growth Commission.

• On the theme of voting…

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/06/on-the-theme-of-voting/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2016 Vote for Froglet (Clangers 1974) voting film where the dragon campaigns for free soup for all! – free via the great BFI player website which is digitising and offering free to the public...

• What do students think of their courses?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/what-do-students-think-of-their-courses/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 Find out by downloading the 2016 Student academic experience survey from Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the Higher Education Academy.