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• gesisDataSearch: a Data Discovery Index for the Social Sciences

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/20/gesisdatasearch-a-data-discovery-index-for-the-social-sciences/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2018 Now in beta, a new tool which will enable researchers to quickly identify high quality social and economic datasets.

• Kenya and gay rights

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/01/kenya-and-gay-rights/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2019 The Kenyan Penal code currently criminalises same sex relations in sections 162 and 165.  A penalty can be 14 years in prison.

• World Press Freedom Day; 3rd May

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/world-press-freedom-day-3rd-may/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 The  UNESCO official website 2019 focuses  on the role of the media in the fight against misinformation.

• Zero hour contracts

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/zero-hour-contracts/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 The  UK Office for National Statistics  has just released some initial data on the number of individuals employed on zero hours contracts.

• Will people in the UK live shorter lives?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/03/will-people-in-the-uk-live-shorter-lives/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2018 This week the newspapers reported that life expectancy is falling or stalled in the UK for the first time since records began, but what are the facts on this? Here are some useful...

• Are local councils broke?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/31/are-local-councils-broke/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2019 According to the County Councils Network  Independent review of local government spending need and funding, an independent analysis of councils’ financial sustainability up to 2025...

• The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia…

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/05/26/the-international-day-against-homophobia-transphobia-and-biphobia-2/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2020 …was created in 2004 to draw the attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexuals, transgender, intersex people and all other people with diverse sexual...

• Economics of Football

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/08/economics-of-the-football/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2015 Football has dominated the news this week. The high sums of money involved in the World Cup mean that politics and corruption can become involved.

• How well do we manage our financial lives?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/23/how-well-do-we-manage-our-financial-lives/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2017 Interesting findings on high levels of debt and vulnerability and lack of financial knowledge among the British adult population in the first Financial Lives Survey 2017 released by...

• Homelessness

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/homelessness/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 Councils struggling to cope with homeless people.