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Where is the best place to be a working woman?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-working-woman/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 To mark International Women’s day the Economist created a ‘glass-ceiling index’ which uses OECD data to rank factors including gender pay gaps and labour force participation.
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Lobbying in the EU
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/20/lobbying-in-the-eu/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2015 Released this week by Transparency International a report on the state of regulation of political lobbying in 19 European nations and by the EU.
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Eurostat
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/09/eurostat/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 9, 2015 The statistical office of the European Union provides high quality statistics on the European economy, demographics, industry, trade, environment and technology.
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How much does poverty cost the UK?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/how-much-does-poverty-cost-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 Interesting report this week from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which examines the cost to UK public services budgets of citizens suffering poverty.
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UK European Union Referendum web archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/uk-european-union-referendum-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 A web archive created by UCLA and hosted by Archive.
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TCData360 launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/tcdata360-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 A new site from the World Bank which provides free access to open data on trade and competitiveness.
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Webcultures archive launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/23/webcultures-archive-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 23, 2017 The project is part of the American Folklife Center, established by Congress to document traditional cultural forms and practices.
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Place and the Brexit vote
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/26/place-and-the-brexit-vote/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2018 Interesting report released by the University of Southampton and the New Local Government Network.
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Peace Women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/17/peace-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2011 http://www.peacewomen.org/ A project of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) which seeks to promote peace and disarmament.
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2012twit
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/01/13/2012twit/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2012 http://2012twit.com/ A project which aims to provide real time coverage of the USA 2012 elections from Twitter. It looks at trending topics and recent tweets.