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• Are corporate crimes serious?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/are-corporate-crimes-serious/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 Yes according to a new report Redefining criminality published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies which considers public attitudes to corporate and individual offending.

• How reading increases your life expectancy by 26 years!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/how-reading-increases-your-life-expectancy-by-26-years/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 World Book day was celebrated on Thursday What are the benefits of reading?  The Reading Agency quotes a number of studies on economic, health and well-being and educational impacts...

• Changing viewing habits – binge viewing

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/10/changing-viewing-habits-binge-viewing/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 10, 2017 Are we a nation of binge viewers?  Yes according to the latest annual Communication Markets report released by Ofcom this week.

• Stop and Search

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/31/stop-and-search/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2013 A new report – a joint project by StopWatch and the Open Society Justice Initiative with the support of the Runnymede trust includes case studies of the harm done to individuals and...

• Study suggests hippocampal neuron responses are associated with memory distinctions

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/study-suggests-hippocampal-neuron-responses-are-associated-with-memory-distinctions

  The hippocampus is a small region of the brain that forms part of the limbic system and is primarily associated with memory and spatial navigation.

• Sweatshops

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/17/sweatshops/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2013 Following the recent tragedy in Bangladesh- would you pay more for ethical production? Depressingly, a H uff/Post YouGov poll of American shoppers found little awareness about the...

• 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...

• 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.

• UN Day of South-South Cooperation

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/14/un-day-of-south-south-cooperation/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2020 UN Day South South Cooperation  is held on the 12th September.

• Children, happiness and well-being

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/21/children-happiness-and-well-being/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2015 According to the latest Good Childhood report 2015 published this week by the Children’s Society, children in the UK are unhappy.