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British Council film collection online: British Social History
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/25/british-council-film-collection-now-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2012 http://film.britishcouncil.org/british-council-film-collection Free access to a historic archive of 120 films made during the 1940s which focussed upon how Britain lived and worked.
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ICAI – Independent commission for aid impact
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/13/icai-independent-commission-for-aid-impact/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2012 The independent body responsible for the scrutiny of UK aid. A useful starting point for considering effectiveness. Reports from 2011 onwards are online. http://icai.independent.gov.
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Do you earn enough money to live in London?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/do-you-earn-enough-money-to-live-in-london/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 Try out this calculator from the Trust for London which calculates levels of basic income for different types of households.
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Entrepreneurship at a Glance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/16/entrepreneurship-at-a-glance/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2017 The latest edition of this key report from the OECD is now available free to read online subscribers to the OECD library can download the full text.
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Gay marriage in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/gay-marriage-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Gay marriage In the latest development gay marriage is to be made illegal in the Church of England see the BBC parliamentary announcement.
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UN and other peacekeeping sites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/31/un-and-other-peacekeeping-sites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2013 Useful UN materials include Official twitter account for the latest news. Past missions with a timeline of past missions.
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SIPRI
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/sipri/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 SIPRI Yearbook 2013 – f rom the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
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The returns to undergraduate degrees by socio-economic group and ethnicity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/29/the-returns-to-undergraduate-degrees-by-socio-economic-group-and-ethnicity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2021 Published this week by IFS this report considers evidence on the potential benefits of a degree by studying earnings of recent graduates in a range of subject areas.
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US Elections 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/02/us-elections-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2016 Political Bots: are they manipulating the USA Presidential elections? An interesting project on digital politics and algorithms which is considering how the use of automated...
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Six Day War Declassified Files.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/26/six-day-war-declassified-files/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2017 The Israel State Archives has released a number of key documents on the Six Day War also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War, or Third Arab–Israeli War, which was fought between June 5 and...