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• Gender discrimination in the UK.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/gender-discrimination-in-the-uk/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 Following on from last week’s TUC report which found that ‘Women who become mothers before 33 earn 15% less’, the UK Government this week released the results of a survey on pregnancy...

• Are Britons suffering too much stress?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/27/are-britons-suffering-too-much-stress/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2016 Certainly this month examinations cause anxiety for many!  The ONS released some shocking statistics which showed a rise in student suicides in England and Wales 2014.

• Northern Ireland Archives

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/28/northern-ireland-official-publications-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 28, 2017 The Northern Ireland Official Publications Archive (NIOPA) is now freely available at the following address: http://niopa.qub.ac.uk/   It is possible to browse by department.

• Equal Pay Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/13/equal-pay-day-3/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2017 Equal pay day 2017 is the 10 th November. This is the date after which effectively pay becomes unequal with men earning more than women.

• Fat Cat salaries: read and weep!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/08/fat-cat-salaries-read-and-weep/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 8, 2016 Fat Cat Tuesday On the 5 th January 2016 top bosses salaries  FTSE CEOS will already have exceeded the average annual pay of many workers (£27,645) according to the High Pay...

• What makes cities competitive?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/08/what-makes-cities-competitive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 8, 2016 Find out by downloading a recent working paper from the World Bank – Kilroy, A.F.L., Mukim, M., Negri, S. (2015) Competitive cities for jobs and growth : what, who, and how .

• Bank of Mum and Dad fund 25% of Mortgages

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/06/bank-of-mum-and-dad-fund-25-of-mortgages/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2016 According to the latest research report from Legal and General and Centre for Economics and Business research (CEBR) in 2016 the high cost of housing means that 25% of all mortgage...

• Changing viewing habits – binge viewing

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/10/changing-viewing-habits-binge-viewing/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 10, 2017 Are we a nation of binge viewers?  Yes according to the latest annual Communication Markets report released by Ofcom this week.

• Votes for women: coronation special (1911)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/votes-for-women-coronation-special-1911/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 An important part of suffrage campaigning was the organisation of mass processions and parades for the 1911 Coronation of King George V.

• Autograph Letter Collection

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/19/autograph-letter-collection/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 19, 2023 The LSE digital library is releasing its autograph letter collection online. The collection contains over 5,000 letters dating from 1851 to 1975.