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Where is the world’s happiest country?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/where-is-the-worlds-happiest-country/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 Find out in the 2016 update to the World Happiness report . It ranks 156 nations according to a number of detailed criteria which are explained in the methodology.
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The Social Welfare History Image Portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/30/the-social-welfare-history-image-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 30, 2017 This great site provides free access to a wealth of images drawn from the collections of VCU Libraries, Union Presbyterian Seminary Library, Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives,...
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Photographs of the Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry 1946 (US)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/22/photographs-of-the-medical-survey-of-the-bituminous-coal-industry-1946-us/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2024 New from the USA National Archives thousands of photographs of mining industry and regions taken in USA in 1946 as part of a survey of conditions In 1946 the Department of Interior...
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How can UK universities improve the teaching of quantitative research methods in the Social Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/how-can-uk-universities-improve-the-teaching-of-quantitative-research-methods-in-the-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 This is the topic of a major new report just published by the British Academy . It calls for a greater emphasis upon developing skills more extensively and earlier in courses.
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The State of the State Report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/the-state-of-the-state-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 The State of the State report from the think tank Reform, and Deloitte which analyses the state of and opinions about the UK public sector.
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Prisons Memory Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/prisons-memory-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 The Prisons Memory Archive (PMA) is a collection of 175 filmed oral history recordings from individuals who had a connection with Armagh Gaol and the Maze and Long Kesh Prison during...
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New 5-volume open-access study on Antisemitism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/11/22/new-5-volume-open-access-study-on-antisemitism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2021 De Gruyter have just made free to download : An End to Antisemitism! the outcome of an international high-level conference that was held in Vienna in 2018 as a collaboration...
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IFS: government hits students, graduates and universities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/02/23/ifs-government-hits-students-graduates-and-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2022 According to the latest IFS report “The government is quietly tightening the financial screws on students, graduates and universities.
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Digital Terrorism and Hate Report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/16/digital-terrorism-and-hate-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2022 The Simon Wiesenthal Center has released its 2022 annual Digital Terrorism and Hate Report It includes coverage of homophobia and transphobia and fake news...
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Media History Digital Library has expanded
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/media-history-digital-library-has-expanded/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 This free online resource, led by Eric Hoyt and the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research p rovides free access to thousands of pages of old magazines and journals covering...