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1866 suffrage petition 150th anniversary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/1866-suffrage-petition-150th-anniversary/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 It is 150 years since The Women’s Suffrage Committee, formed by Barbara Bodichon, collected 1,500 signatures on a petition for women’s suffrage in 1866 and it was presented to parliament...
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Housing, London 1975-2010s
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/05/24/housing-london-1975-2010/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2024 MDR Housing Struggles Archive More content is being added to at digital archive hosted on the MayDay Rooms website.
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Levels of support for the EU
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/levels-of-support-for-the-eu/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 This week saw the launch of a new group Conservatives for Britain which will lobby for withdrawal from the EU if renegotiation does not secure a better relationship.
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Did the polls get the referendum results right?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/did-the-polls-get-the-referendum-results-right/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 Here are some useful starting points for tracing the polls. Remember to check the methodology used.
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Does Trump contradict himself?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/does-trump-contradict-himself/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 Trump of Yore , is a fascinating project from the @qz bot studio when President Trump tweets it uses mathematical software to compare the new postings tweets in the president’s...
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Creative memory of the Syrian revolution
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/15/creative-memory-of-the-syrian-revolution/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2017 The Creative Memory of the Syrian Revolution provides free access to over 23,000 documents available in Arabic, French and English relating to Syrian civil society resistance...
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Fake news and journalism standards
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/05/fake-news-and-journalism-standards/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 5, 2018 The LSE has launched a Truth, Trust and Technology (T3) Commission.
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International students benefit the economy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/international-students-benefit-the-economy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 The ‘gross benefits are, on average, £87,000 for each EU student and £102,000 for each non-EU student according to the latest research published this week by The Higher...
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Autograph letter collection, second batch
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/04/autograph-letter-collection-second-batch/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2023 A second batch of letters from the Autograph Letter Collection totalling 3,200 letters. This collection contains letters of prominent correspondents dating from 1851 to 1975.
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South African Governmental Publications collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/18/south-african-governmental-publications-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 18, 2023 South African Governmental Publications collection is now available on the LSE Digital Library . It contains government and colonial publications.