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• UK Child Poverty

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/06/04/uk-child-poverty/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2014 Save the children Fund report on UK Child Poverty The new report  A Fair start for every child: Why we must act now to tackle child poverty in the UK   forecasts shocking rates...

• FGM

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/13/fgm/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 13, 2015 Last week the UK’s first prosecution for female genital mutilation (FGM) failed amid controversy.  A cademics discuss whether the case should have been bought at all.

• 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.

• Political Risk

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/political-risk/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 Aon Political Risk Map 2014   Just released, a new map which  covers 163 nations.  Free registration required.

• Paternity Leave

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/paternity-leave/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014  Do Fathers Want Shared Paternity Leave?   Interesting story this week from the BBC that fewer than 1 in 50 fathers are taking the new extra paternity leave.

• Students and immigration

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/09/01/students-and-immigration/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 1, 2014 Foreign students and Immigration: Should they be counted in net figures?  The debate continues.

• Thomas Piketty and Capital in the Twenty-First Century

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/09/thomas-piketty-and-capital-in-the-twenty-first-century/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 9, 2015 The author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century  (2013) was in the news over xmas as he rejected an honour from the French government, Here are some free resources which will...

• NI Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/04/ni-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2016 Brendan Duddy Papers at NUI Galway. A new digital collection.

• Is social care in crisis?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/is-social-care-in-crisis/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 PSA Commission on Care Report Towards a New Deal for Care and Carers was launched last week.

• Charitable giving

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/04/20/charitable-giving/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2012 For research on charitable giving try these resources. Charities Aid foundation publishes UK giving   https://www.cafonline.org/publications/2011-publications/uk-giving-2011.