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Homosexuality – is it still considered a disease?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/homosexuality-is-it-still-considered-a-disease/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 Controversy continues concerning the WHO stance towards homosexuality.
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Students, debt and standard of living
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/08/students-debt-and-standard-of-living/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2015 The Sutton Trust estimated in 2014 that students graduate with £44,000 debt and this week the Centre for Policy Studies reported that generation Y (born 1980-2000) will have a lower...
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European Union Open Data Portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/09/european-union-open-data-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 9, 2015 The EU Open Data Portal provides access to a range of data from EU institutions including Eurostat, the Joint Research Centre and the European Environment Agency.
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Which universities have the best academic reputation?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/which-universities-have-the-best-academic-reputation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 An interesting new white paper which reviews the results from Thomson Reuters Academic Reputation Surveys 2010-2014.
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Digital Wildfire
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/30/digital-wildfire/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 30, 2016 This interesting ESRC-funded project is examining (Mis)information flows, propagation and responsible governance in the digital world.
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COP22 Climate Change conference
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/18/cop22-climate-change-conference/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 18, 2016 …was held in Marrakesh this week.
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Which areas of the UK are the most vibrant (economically)?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/06/which-areas-of-the-uk-are-the-most-vibrant-economically/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 6, 2016 Find out by consulting The Vibrant Economy Index, a new resource launched recently by Grant Thornton which aims to measure and rank the economic and social well being or vibrancy of...
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Digital Presidential transition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/digital-presidential-transition/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 With the changeover to a new president the White House has announced its plans for archiving social media and website from the Obama administration.
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Trump Archive launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/trump-archive-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 Ahead of the inauguration the Internet Archive has launched its own special Trump collection .
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Brexit debates in the House of Lords
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/brexit-debates-in-the-house-of-lords/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 Second defeat for Brexit in the House of Lords this week: Read the transcript in Lords Hansard – part one Read the transcript in Lords Hansard – part two Read the transcript in...