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Women are not represented in Local Government
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/24/women-are-not-represented-in-local-government/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 24, 2018 According to the latest report issued by the Fawcett Society The proportion of female councillors is still only 34%.
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Parliamentary Procedure handbook now free online UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/08/parliamentary-procedure-handbook-now-free-online-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2019 Now freely available via the UK parliament website: Erskine May’s treatise on the law, privileges, proceedings and usage of Parliament (25th edition, 2019).
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How the BBC is using WhatsApp
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/how-the-bbc-is-using-whatsapp/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 A really interesting case study and webinar made available by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers which discusses use of social media by the BBC World Service to...
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Global State of Freedom of Information is ‘worrying’…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/global-state-of-freedom-of-information-is-worrying/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 …according to the annual Open Data Barometer from the World Wide Web Foundation. It says that only 50% of the 92 included countries have ‘reasonably strong’ laws.
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Vacant properties
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/09/vacant-properties/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2017 Who owns property and leaves it empty? Recently the Grenfell tower tragedy has exposed the scandal of unoccupied foreign owner property in the UK.
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LGBTI in developing countries
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/09/lgbti-in-developing-countries/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2017 Surveys, big data, and experiments: how can we best learn about LGBTI development outcomes? Interesting new Research policy working paper from the World Bank which highlights the...
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Twitter: 10th anniversary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/twitter-10th-anniversary/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 See a collection of significant tweets in this short history from Wired magazine. Read also the Guardian debate on whether you love or hate it.
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Who owns the UK Media?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/04/who-owns-the-uk-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2015 An i nteresting new report from the Media Reform Coalition states that 3 companies own 71% of the market.
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World Investment Report 2018 launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/09/world-investment-report-2018-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 9, 2018 The World Investment Report has been published annually since 1991 by UNCTAD. It provides specialist reports on trends in foreign direct investment worldwide.
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Oxfam launch land rights website
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/10/oxfam-launch-land-rights-website/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 10, 2018 Oxfam have now gathered together reports, news and indicators on all aspects of their work on land rights on a new website .