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A Global Survey of Journalism and AI
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/22/a-global-survey-of-journalism-and-ai/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2019 New from Polis think tank a study which reveals how artificial intelligence is currently being used by news services and what its future might be.
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Closing the attainment gap
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/02/08/closing-the-attainment-gap/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2021 The Higher Education Policy Institute has been looking at the effect of the Covid pandemic on the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. Read about it in the blog post by Gwen Morris .
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EU high earners
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/22/eu-high-earners/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2013 Where do bankers earn millions? Interesting European Bank central report on 2010-2011 salaries in EU nations.
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To celebrate Gay Pride
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/11/to-celebrate-gay-pride/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 11, 2019 The Virtually Queer online oral history archive . This small collection showcases films originally shown at Our Naked Skin, at The Salisbury Arts Centre in 2018.
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UK General Election data from 1918-2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/23/uk-general-election-data-from-1918-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2019 A House of Commons Library briefing containing constituency level data from 1918. This can be downloaded as either an excel or CSV file.
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Top 100 UK employers for LGBT staff
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/01/31/top-100-uk-employers-for-lgbt-staff/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 31, 2020 Top 100 employers for LGBT staff See the latest list from Stonewall . At the top is Newcastle city council. Find out what they do well. The list is an annual voluntary exercise.
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The Black Humanitarian
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/11/the-black-humanitarian/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 11, 2020 Black Humanitarian is a website created by Susan Sebatindira which aims to raise the profile of BAME aid workers and to offer them a place to network and connect.
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Conflict Trends Update and Global Peace Index Launch 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/conflict-trends-update-and-global-peace-index-launch-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 The latest report published annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). Find out which nation is graded as the most peaceful. Full methodology provided on the website.
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Year in Twitter 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/year-in-twitter-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 Official website from Twitter where you can trace key trends and the most influential stories and individuals.
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Information Disorder – a report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/13/information-disorder/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2017 The Council of Europe recently commissioned this report on the ‘pollution’ of information and the Internet.