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‘More than 40% of girls are sexting’ (NSPCC)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/13/more-than-40-of-girls-are-sexting-nspcc/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 13, 2015 Sexting is common amongst girls, according to a new report from the NSPCC .
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International Day of the Girl Child
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/international-day-of-the-girl-child/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 was celebrated by the UN on October 11th The official website has news , related resolutions and a resource section with reports including empowerment guidelines and statistics...
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extraORDINARY women NI
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/07/extraordinary-women-ni/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2022 A site supported by Linen Hall Library which celebrates the strengths, lives and achievements of Northern Irish women from 1965 to the present day.
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A.Sivanandan 1923-2018, thoughts and writings.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/a-sivanandan-1923-2018-thoughts-and-writings/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 A.
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Indigenous Studies Portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/09/indigenous-studies-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2024 The I-Portal: Indigenous Studies Portal was launched in 2006 at the University of Saskatchewan.
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What happens when gender quotas are introduced for academic hiring committees?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/18/what-happens-when-gender-quotas-are-introduced-for-academic-hiring-committees/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2019 Interesting working paper covering the situation in France which found that after gender quota in academic hiring committees were imposed in France in 2015 there was a negative impact...
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Academic Freedom Index launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/30/academic-freedom-index-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2020 The Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) is an independent non-profit think tank based in Berlin.
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World Kindness day 13th November
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/16/world-kindness-day-13th-november/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2020 To celebrate this, some special social sciences resources. The world giving index from CAF measures giving to charity and willingness to help a stranger amongst individuals.
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The Barnardo’s Oral History project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/18/the-barnardos-oral-history-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2024 This project includes : The personal experience of Vice President, Baroness Floella Benjamin who came to Britain from Trinidad and Tobago as a small child A...
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How diverse are UK journalists?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/13/how-diverse-are-uk-journalists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 13, 2016 Find out by reading the results of a survey of 7,000 released this week by Reuters Institute. It is based on a survey of 700 journalists conducted in December 2015.