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Digital Technology and Older people
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/21/digital-technology-and-older-people/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2015 A recent government report What are the likely changes in society and technology which will impact upon the ability of older adults to maintain social (extra-familial) networks of...
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Security in Transition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/24/security-in-transition/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2012 http://www.securityintransition.org/ Security in Transition is a 5-year-research programme based at the London School of Economics, funded by the European Research Council.
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Protesting against the Vietnam War in October 1965
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/05/protesting-against-the-vietnam-war-in-october-1965/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 5, 2015 Fifty years ago, in October 1965, mass demonstrations against the Vietnam War took place in the US and pacifist David J.
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Ethnicity Facts and Figures website launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/16/ethnicity-facts-and-figures-website-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2017 This week a ground breaking site was launched by the UK government which provides facts and figures on race and ethnicity in the UK.
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How well do we manage our financial lives?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/23/how-well-do-we-manage-our-financial-lives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2017 Interesting findings on high levels of debt and vulnerability and lack of financial knowledge among the British adult population in the first Financial Lives Survey 2017 released by...
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Equal Pay Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/equal-pay-day-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 This year equal pay day was 10 th November This highlights the gender gap in wages as it is calculated by researchers to represent the last day in which women earn the same as men.
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Large corporations and tax
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/20/large-corporations-and-tax/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 20, 2012 L arge corporations and tax. Here are some a starting points for research. HM Revenue website has the official regulations and forms.
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International Labour Organisation publications
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/12/21/ilo-publications/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 21, 2011 Resource guides produced by the ILO Library in Geneva provide guidance and direct links to key documents statistics and websites. http://www.ilo.
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Graduates in the Labour Market 2012
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/09/graduates-in-the-labour-market-2012/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2012 http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lmac/graduates-in-the-labour-market/2012/graduates-in-the-labour-market.
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Zero hour contracts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/zero-hour-contracts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 The UK Office for National Statistics has just released some initial data on the number of individuals employed on zero hours contracts.