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• Child Poverty

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/01/child-poverty/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2013 Through young eyes – three million children are living in poverty in the UK according to the Children’s Commission on Poverty survey published by the Children’s Society Also recently...

• 22,000 children aged 10 and 11 are obese

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/01/22000-children-aged-10-and-11-are-obese/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 …according to the latest report from the Local Government Association. The House of Commons also released the report: House of Commons Health Committee Childhood obesity: Time for action.

• African Online Digital Library

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/20/african-online-digital-library/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 20, 2015 The African Online Digital Library is a collaborative project between MATRIX, the Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, the African Studies Center, and universities...

• ‘Women who become mothers before 33 earn 15% less’…

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/18/women-who-become-mothers-before-33-earn-15-less/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2016 …than other UK women who do not become mothers according to a report released by the TUC. Statistics are based on  IPPR  research.

• Sue Townsend events

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/27/sue-townsend-bike-tour/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 27, 2022 Adrian Mole To mark the 40th anniversary of the publication of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 and 3/4, an exhibition from the Sue Townsend Archive is currently on display...

• Events in Leicester this October 2017 for Black History Month

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/04/events-in-leicester-this-october-2017-for-black-history-month/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2017 Phoenix Square marks Black History Month with a series of films programmed by local arts organisation Serendipity, in partnership with the University of Leicester, a one-off...

• World Autism awareness week

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/world-autism-awareness-week/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 World Autism awareness week The  United Nations  has also designated 2nd April World Autism Day.  Read the original resolution and get facts from the website.

• Gender Equality in China

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/25/gender-equality-in-china/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 25, 2013 Are you an unmarried woman of over 27? In China you might be ‘leftover’ according to a report in BBC magazine: http://www.bbc.co.

• Google Reader

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/15/945/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 15, 2013 Plans to discontinue Google Reader (the RSS feed reader) have been announced. Articles on this available here http://www.guardian.co.

• Economic arguments for gender equality

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/economic-arguments-for-gender-equality/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 Great economic evidence in favour of Gender equality was published in this recent report from the EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality) which quoted the data that on average...