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• Freedom in the World report 2014

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/31/freedom-in-the-world-report-2014/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 31, 2014 Freedom in the World report 2014 Just issued by Freedom House see the rankings for civil liberties in nations worldwide.  The report also has a useful graphic map of freedoms.

• 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.

• Al Jazeera News game

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/al-jazeera-news-game/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 Interesting example of a game produced by Al Jazeera English which aims to raise questions about investigative journalism and cybersecurity:    HACKED: Syria’s...

• 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...

• Social Media – recent findings

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/social-media-recent-findings/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 Eurobarometer survey – e communications households What do households in EU nations think of their broadband speed, quality of service and tariffs for internet use.

• Gender Pay Gap reporting

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/09/gender-pay-gap-reporting/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 9, 2018 The deadline for employers with 250 or more employees to report their gender pay gap has now passed.

• US Mid-Term Elections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/09/us-mid-term-elections/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2018 Lots of links on this subject. New York  Times collected examples of misinformation over 4,000 were sent from social media.

• 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.

• Company Data: 2 sites

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/24/company-data-2-sites/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 24, 2014 Bank for the Accounts of Companies Harmonized (BACH) database has been upgraded. BACH is managed by the European Committee of Central Balance-Sheet Data Offices.

• European Elections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/27/european-elections/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2014 L’histoire des élections européennes (1952-2014) If you are interested in the history of the European Parliament, CVCE has compiled a selection of...