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• 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.

• Radiotopia launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/14/radiotopia-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 14, 2014 PRX have launched Radiotopia: http://www.radiotopia.fm/  a new podcast network with support from the Knight Foundation.

• 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...

• “Millennials will spend £53,000 on rent before age of 30”

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/07/22/millennials-will-spend-53000-on-rent-before-age-of-30/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2016 …according to a new report by the Resolution foundation .  See also some interesting comment on declining home ownership and living standards for the young from the Guardian.

• Chinese Language day – April 20th

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/20/chinese-language-day-april-20th/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2018 April 20th is designated by the United Nations as Chinese Language day it seeks to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity.

• Disability history resource list

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/03/disability-history-resource-list/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 3, 2023   For UK Disability History Month (mid-November to mid-December) the BBIH provided a free list of over 450 key titles covering all aspects of disability.

• Race hate crime increasing

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/race-hate-crime-increasing/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 The Community Security Trust is a charity that acts to support the Jewish community by campaigning against racism . It collects regular data on anti-semitism.

• 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.

• World Autism awareness week

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/world-autism-awareness-week/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 World Autism awareness week The  United Nations  has also designated 2nd April World Autism Day.  Read the original resolution and get facts from the website.

• Chinese aid to Africa: what are the facts?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/15/chinese-aid-to-africa-what-are-the-facts/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2017 China has become  the biggest donor of aid to Africa- read more about the background in this interesting article from the Conversation .