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Only 2% of children have the critical literacy skills they need to tell if a news story is real or f
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/22/only-2-of-children-have-the-critical-literacy-skills-they-need-to-tell-if-a-news-story-is-real-or-fake/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 22, 2018 According to the final report from the Commission on Fake News and the Teaching of Critical Literacy Skills which was established by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on...
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Stream Congress and Capitol Words
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/01/06/stream-congress-and-capitol-words/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2012 http://streamcongress.
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Syria
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/01/06/syria/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2012 http://www.arableagueonline.org/ The official website of the Arab League has details on its English language version about its involvement in Syria.
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DevInfo India
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/01/20/devinfo-india/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2012 http://devinfo.info/devinfoindia/ Useful graphic display of statistical data from the Indian government which has been developed using figures from various government ministries.
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Cartoon movement
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/17/cartoon-movement/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2012 http://www.cartoonmovement.
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Documenting Hate News Index launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/29/documenting-hate-news-index-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 29, 2017 Propublica in association with Google News Lab and a data visualization studio called Pitch Interactive has launched a site about hate crimes and bias incidents in the USA.
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Globalstat.eu
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/globalstat-eu/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 A useful website project created by the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos (Lisbon, Portugal) and the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) which deals...
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What went wrong in the 2015 election?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/what-went-wrong-in-the-2015-election/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 View the preliminary findings from the inquiry in to the polls ordered by the British Polling Council. Its terms of reference and methodology can be viewed on the website.
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World Humanitarian Data And Trends 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/world-humanitarian-data-and-trends-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 The United Nations Office For the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has just released the latest annual report which has overall country and regional data.
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English language classes and support
https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/study/applicants/english-classes-support
Access free English classes available for people from refugee backgrounds, including ESOL and scholarships for presessional English programmes in Leicester