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• World Humanitarian Summit

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/27/world-humanitarian-summit/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2016 This week the World’s First international humanitarian conference opened.

• Employability and UK students

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/11/employability-and-uk-students/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 11, 2015 The Higher Education Academy annual engagement survey asks students how they have developed.

• Draft Investigatory Powers Bill: parliamentary report launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/draft-investigatory-powers-bill-parliamentary-report-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 Joint Committee on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill has just published a report with 86 recommendations on improving the clarity of the bill.

• Economists on Twitter

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/economists-on-twitter/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 The working paper site RePEc has just launched its own directory of economists who tweet.

• USA Primaries – Useful resources

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/26/usa-primaries-useful-resources/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 26, 2016 What is a primary? find out with this handy guide to the US electoral system from Vote Smart.

• Many access news on smartphones

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/many-access-news-on-smartphones/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 According to a number of recent research studies many people are now using their smartphones. A report from the Knight Foundation recently found that , 89% of the U.S.

• Monitoring and Impact Assessment of Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/11/monitoring-and-impact-assessment-of-unilateral-coercive-measures-on-the-enjoyment-of-human-rights/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2024 A UN online Tool to monitor the negative impact of sanctions imposed on a country on human rights i that country.

• Africa in Fact

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/04/africa-in-fact/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 4, 2015 Good Governance Africa is an organisation based in Africa which aims to improve government performance on the continent.

• New United Nations app

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/new-united-nations-app/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 UNU Jargon Buster glossary app for smartphones has about 450 A-Z entries.  Find out what the many UN abbreviations mean including those of programmes and organisations.

• Chatham House ‘Best think tank in Western Europe’ 2015…

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/19/chatham-house-best-think-tank-in-western-europe-2015/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 19, 2016 …according to the 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report an annual ranking produced by The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania.