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Does the UK have a digital skills crisis?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/does-the-uk-have-a-digital-skills-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 According to the latest report by the Science and Technology select committee the ‘ evidence is clear that the UK faces a digital skills crisis’. ‘…up to 12.
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Public sector pay (UK)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/29/public-sector-pay-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 29, 2017 In the news recently has been some debate about whether the pay cap on public sector pay should be lifted.
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What does your vice–chancellor earn?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/what-does-your-vice-chancellor-earn/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 How do pay and perks compare at the UK top universities? Find out in the annual report from UCU union Transparency at the top? This was published as part of its...
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Hunger
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/hunger/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 Hunger in Britain today The conclusion of The report of the All-Party Parliamentary Inquir y into Hunger in the United Kingdom was published this week.
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Equality Challenge Unit reveals Female, LGB and Ethnic Minority STEMM academics face disadvantage.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/04/11/equality-challenge-unit-reveals-female-lgb-and-ethnic-minority-stemm-academics-face-disadvantage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2017 The Athena Survey of Science, Engineering and Technology (ASSET) 2016 report assessed the current experiences, expectations and perceptions of gender equality in STEMM (science,...
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European Sources Online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/10/european-sources-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 10, 2014 European Sources Online based at the University of Cardiff EDC is available at http://www.europeansources.info/search.
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Women: political and economic participation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/30/women-and-political-and-economic-participation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2015 Beijing +20 The UN has launched a new website to mark the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a visionary agenda for women’s empowerment.
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How much does it cost to raise a child in the UK?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/24/how-much-does-it-cost-to-raise-a-child-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 24, 2018 The latest report from the Child Poverty |Action group gives the figures for raising a child to age 18, based on what the public thinks is a minimum standard of living.
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Is working overtime bad for you? Some interesting evidence from Higher education.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/is-working-overtime-bad-for-you-some-interesting-evidence-from-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 This article mentioned in the Times Higher last week had the headline Do some overtime (but not too much) It is based on this article: Fontinha, R., Easton, S., & Van Laar, D.
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49% of adults in the UK use social media for news
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/49-of-adults-in-the-uk-use-social-media-for-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 Fascinating fact from the Latest Ofcom news consumption in the UK annual report. Yet only 37% trust social media. Get the full facts by downloading the report from the website.