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Women on boards
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/28/women-on-boards/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 28, 2014 Women on Boards Third Annual Report released This 3 rd annual report into women on boards shows progress in achieving the target of target of 25% of women on all FTSE100...
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Online newspaper archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/16/online-newspaper-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 16, 2016 A really useful listing from Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR) blog which draws together in one place an A-Z listing of links to news resources that can be difficult to...
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Chinese Language day – April 20th
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/20/chinese-language-day-april-20th/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2018 April 20th is designated by the United Nations as Chinese Language day it seeks to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity.
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Race hate crime increasing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/race-hate-crime-increasing/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 The Community Security Trust is a charity that acts to support the Jewish community by campaigning against racism . It collects regular data on anti-semitism.
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Women Parliamentarians suffer sexism, harassment and violence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/02/women-parliamentarians-suffer-sexism-harassment-and-violence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2016 Shocking new study by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) reveals that sexism, harassment and violence against women MPs is widespread worldwide.
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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Claims of Asylum project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-claims-of-asylum-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 SOGICA is a research project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) that explores the social and legal experiences of asylum seekers across Europe claiming international...
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Egyptian protests digital archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/egyptian-protests-digital-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 Recently, Mosireen launched its Internet “resistance archive,” 858 The collection includes footage shot during the revolution by both members and non-members from 18 days in...
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Brexit Digital Library Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/31/brexit-digital-library-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 31, 2017 With the triggering of Article 50, here is an opportunity to compare the 1975 and 2016 EU referendum campaigns.
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Social media and health
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/22/social-media-and-health/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 22, 2017 The most recent study by Royal Society for Public Health found in a survey of social media that Instagram was recorded as having the most negative impact on the mental well being of young...
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Global Economic Prospects June 2012
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/06/15/global-economic-prospects-june-2012/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 15, 2012 http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/EXTGBLPROSPECTSAPRIL/0,, menuPK:659178%7EpagePK:64218926%7EpiPK:642189537EtheSitePK:659149,00.