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Paris attacks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/paris-attacks/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 News reports Two useful sites which aggregate reports from other sources 24/7 News Now covers more than 40,000 sources. Country indicated by national flag next to the headline.
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British Library for Development Studies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/05/british-library-for-development-studies/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2015 A marvellous site to explore as more full content is being added is the British Library for Development Studies (BLDS). Get free aces to materials not readily available elsewhere.
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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 .
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‘Women still under-represented in UK HE management positions’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/women-still-under-represented-in-uk-he-management-positions/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 The latest report from the non profit organisation Women Count indexes the representation of women as governors, Chairs and Vice-Chancellors in each of the 166 HEIs in the UK that...
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Events in Leicester this October 2017 for Black History Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/04/events-in-leicester-this-october-2017-for-black-history-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2017 Phoenix Square marks Black History Month with a series of films programmed by local arts organisation Serendipity, in partnership with the University of Leicester, a one-off...
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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.
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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.
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UN envoy says austerity has inflicted misery on UK citizens
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/un-envoy-says-austerity-has-inflicted-misery-on-uk-citizens/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Last week comments from Sir Philip Alston UN Envoy on Poverty about inequality in the UK were widely reported.
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Women in the 2019 Indian elections – are they the silent majority?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/17/women-in-the-2019-indian-elections-are-they-the-silent-majority/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 17, 2019 According to the Times of India women are likely to be the silent ‘majority’ as female turnout is predicted to be higher than men’s.
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The World Elite Database project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/the-world-elite-database-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 The WED is an international consortium of scholars working together to develop a new standardized data regime to study and share data about elites across the world.