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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.

Lantern: Media History

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/04/1276/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2013 Lantern : Media History A free, open access search platform for media history research. Directors include academics Eric Hoyt, Carl Hagenmaier, and Wendy Hagenmaier.

International Day of Older Persons celebrated October 1st

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/07/international-day-of-older-persons-celebrated-october-1st/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2013 See the official website which also links to related UN resolutions and reports. On this occasion, HelpAge produced the Global Agewatch index.

Food and water

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/16/the-cost-of-a-plate-of-food-2020-wfp/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2020 The Cost of a Plate of Food 2020 (WFP) A basic meal is far beyond the reach of millions of people in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic joins existing food shortages and hunger according...

Awakening of Indian Women webinar

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/29/awakening-of-indian-women-webinar/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 29, 2023 The Awakening of Indian Women is an account of the Indian feminist movement in the early decades of the twentieth century.

‘Women still under-represented in UK HE management positions’

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/women-still-under-represented-in-uk-he-management-positions/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 The latest report from the non profit organisation Women Count indexes the representation of women as governors, Chairs and Vice-Chancellors in each of the 166 HEIs in the UK that...

What makes cities competitive?

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/08/what-makes-cities-competitive/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 8, 2016 Find out by downloading a recent working paper from the World Bank – Kilroy, A.F.L., Mukim, M., Negri, S. (2015) Competitive cities for jobs and growth : what, who, and how .

Ukraine Conflict Monitor/ACLED Conflict Alert System

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/22/ukraine-conflict-monitor-acled-conflict-alert-system/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2023 Ukraine Conflict Monitor has been expanded and updated by ACLED.

History of Economic Thought revamp

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/23/history-of-economic-thought-revamp/

Posted by William Farrell in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 23, 2016 The website History of Economic Thought re-launched recently thanks to support from the Institute for New Economic Thinking . Run by Gonçalo L.

Fat Cat salaries: read and weep!

https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/08/fat-cat-salaries-read-and-weep/

Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 8, 2016 Fat Cat Tuesday On the 5 th January 2016 top bosses salaries FTSE CEOS will already have exceeded the average annual pay of many workers (£27,645) according to the High Pay...