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• #METoo one year on: what has changed?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/metoo-one-year-on-what-has-changed/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 This week the Fawcett Society has issued a report on changing attitudes in the wake of the #MeToo movement This has shown increasing awareness.

• Diversity in Media new tool

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/15/diversity-in-media-new-tool/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 15, 2019 DIVA is an online resource developed by David Deacon and James Stanyer of the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, Loughborough University in collaboration with Business...

• The returns to undergraduate degrees by socio-economic group and ethnicity

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/29/the-returns-to-undergraduate-degrees-by-socio-economic-group-and-ethnicity/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2021 Published this week by IFS this report considers evidence on the potential benefits of a degree by studying earnings of recent graduates in a range of subject areas.

• Women Parliamentarians suffer sexism, harassment and violence

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/02/women-parliamentarians-suffer-sexism-harassment-and-violence/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2016 Shocking new study by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) reveals that sexism, harassment and violence against women MPs is widespread worldwide.

• University hosts national event celebrating interdisciplinary research and global impact

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/18-rutherford-fellows-event

  The University of Leicester hosted 50 Rutherford Fellows representing 15 countries in an event facilitating interdisciplinary research and enhancing impact.

• Nielsen social media report 2012

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/nielsen-social-media-report-2012/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Nielsen social media report 2012  , subtitled social media comes of age, focuses mainly on the USA & has good graphics showing total time spent and the most...

• Economics in the Rear-View Mirror

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/12/economics-in-the-rear-view-mirror/

  Posted by William Farrell in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 12, 2015 Joseph Schumpeter, who taught at Harvard from 1932 to 1950. Image licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons – https://commons.wikimedia.

• SIPRI

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/sipri/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 SIPRI Yearbook 2013  –  f rom the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

• UN envoy says austerity has inflicted misery on UK citizens 

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/un-envoy-says-austerity-has-inflicted-misery-on-uk-citizens/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Last week comments from  Sir Philip Alston UN Envoy on Poverty  about inequality in the UK were widely reported.

• Does fashion contribute to the UK economy?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/24/does-fashion-contribute-to-the-uk-economy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 24, 2018 I n London Fashion Week we consider how much fashion contributes to the economy.