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• Arab human rights and democracy: useful resources

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/25/arab-human-rights-and-democracy-useful-resources/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 25, 2013 The Arab Human Development reports http://www.arab-hdr.

• Socially purposeful organisations

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/socially-purposeful-organisations

  RCMG has powerfully shaped the way we understand the social roles, potentials and responsibilities of museums, galleries and heritage sites.

• €1.5 million award to study birth of planets

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/erc-starter-grant

  Leicester astrophysics research which seeks to answer fundamental questions about the formation of planets has been awarded a major funding boost by the European Research Council (ERC).

• ‘Closing the Gender Pay gap would take 95 years’

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/24/closing-the-gender-pay-gap-would-take-95-years/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2017 Across OECD nations at current rates of progress according to the latest PWC Women in work report.

• Should sexist adverts be banned?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/16/should-sexist-adverts-be-banned/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2019 This week the first prosecutions were made against adverts considered sexist by the new ASA code on gender stereotyping.

• Love Island, body image and mental health

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/love-island-body-image-and-mental-health/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 Reality TV ? Does it harm mental health With the recent death of Love Island reality TV presenter Caroline Flack  we have been reminded that a number of contestants on the show have...

• The Anti-Corruption Summit

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/13/the-anti-corruption-summit/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 13, 2016 The Anti-Corruption Summit  has taken place in London.  The UK government website contains the proposals for international reform.

• What is the value of fashion?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/what-is-the-value-of-fashion/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 Vogue has a history of the origins of London Fashion Week What is the value of fashion ? In 2018 British Fashion Council released some data about London Fashion Week including that there...

• International Youth Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/17/international-youth-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2018 12th August was designated International Youth Day by the UN General Assembly in 1999. To commemorate it here are several resources.

• Charlie Hebdo attacks: first anniversary

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/08/charlie-hebdo-attacks-first-anniversary/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 8, 2016 Twitter coverage of the anniversary The University of Oxford has translated and made free on the Internet a book on tolerance. With extracts from key French philosophers and writers.