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• Many access news on smartphones

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/many-access-news-on-smartphones/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 According to a number of recent research studies many people are now using their smartphones. A report from the Knight Foundation recently found that , 89% of the U.S.

• Draft Investigatory Powers Bill: parliamentary report launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/draft-investigatory-powers-bill-parliamentary-report-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 Joint Committee on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill has just published a report with 86 recommendations on improving the clarity of the bill.

• Global Terrorism database updated

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/global-terrorism-database-updated/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 The total number of terrorist attacks and total deaths due to terrorist attacks worldwide decreased by 12% in 2015, according to the latest annual update of the Global Terrorism...

• Chatham House ‘Best think tank in Western Europe’ 2015…

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/19/chatham-house-best-think-tank-in-western-europe-2015/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 19, 2016 …according to the 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report an annual ranking produced by The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania.

• 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.

• World Humanitarian Data And Trends 2015

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/world-humanitarian-data-and-trends-2015/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 The United Nations Office For the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has just released the latest annual report which has overall country and regional data.

• Digital development

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/11/digital-development/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2017 Digital Planet is an interdisciplinary research initiative of The Fletcher School’s Institute for Business in the Global Context.

• New Jiscmail mailing list for researchers of Queer Bibliography launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/29/new-jiscmail-mailing-list-for-researchers-of-queer-bibliography-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 29, 2023 The description provided is: QUEERBIB@jiscmail.ac.

• Employers who underpay workers

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/employers-who-underpay-workers/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 The UK government has released a list of 350 employers who failed to the minimum wage . The page also has facts on the key industrial sectors concerned.

• Does advertising effect consumption?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/29/does-advertising-effect-consumption/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2019 Interesting analysis from NHS  of a series of surveys.