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Corporate Equality Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/corporate-equality-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Corporate Equality Index is the USA national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT employees.
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Bloomberg guide on corporate governance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/26/bloomberg-guide-on-corpoarte-governance/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2013 With the 2013 annual general meeting season underway, attention is being given to corporate governance issues, with companies taking an increasingly proactive role in engaging with...
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Job knowlegde platform
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/03/job-knowlegde-platform/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2012 https://www.jobsknowledge.org/Pages/Home.aspx New beta site launched by World Bank in collaboration with partner organizations. It aims to share ideas on what works in job creation.
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Innovative use of social media in the Pakistan elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/17/innovative-use-of-social-media-in-the-pakistan-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2013 The Election commission worked with a site called Jaag Pakistan website which aimed to encourage reporting of electoral fraud and violence. This used crowd sourced technology.
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USA 2016 elections: New York Times Resource
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/usa-2016-elections-new-york-times-resource/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 Good use of technology from the New York Times: its Election 2016 bot can send users live news updates.
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How much is an Oxbridge degree worth?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/22/how-much-is-an-oxbridge-degree-worth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2014 Released this week- interesting data in the Earning by Degree report from the Sutton Trust which considers differences in earnings from graduates from different universities and in...
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Open government
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/22/open-government/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2014 How open is your government? The latest Global Open Data Index from the Open Knowledge Foundation ranks 97 nations according to the openness of their data on 10 themes: national...
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Media Practice and Everyday Agency in Europe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/19/media-practice-and-everyday-agency-in-europe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2014 Media Practice and Everyday Agency in Europe Book edited by Leif Kramp, et al ISBN 978-3-943245-28-8 now available in full text from the Researching and Teaching Communication Book...
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Parental monitoring of internet use
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/parental-monitoring-of-internet-use/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report 2014 The latest report from Ofcom presents findings on the use of new media by British children and the role of parents in...
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What do new graduates earn?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/20/what-do-new-graduates-earn/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2017 Find out in the latest annual review of the Graduate market from High Fliers research . Find out how the number of job vacancies for new graduates has changed from 2007-2017.