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Social Media and the Olympics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/22/social-media-and-the-olympics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2016 A great example of the use of Instagram to highlight street art in Rio.
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Syrian Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/syrian-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 This website hopes to document and preserve evidence of human rights abuses in Syria.
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Is going to University worth it?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/16/is-going-to-university-worth-it/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2017 Released this week experimental statistics on employment and earnings of higher education graduates 5 years after graduation.
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Gender imbalance in film scripts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/gender-imbalance-in-film-scripts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 University of Washington computer scientists have created a tool which analyses film scripts to consider the relative power and agency of characters in films.
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20% of women have experienced some kind of sexual assault since the age of 16
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/09/20-of-women-have-experienced-some-kind-of-sexual-assault-since-the-age-of-16/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2018 Latest shocking data from the UK Office of National Statistics. This compares with 4% of men. See the methodology and full report on the website.
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Le Cas 68: Paris student protests history resource
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/18/le-cas-68-paris-student-protests-history-resource/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 18, 2018 This historical blog covers many of the key events and people that marked the spring of 1968.
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What does Warren Buffet think?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/18/what-does-warren-buffet-think/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 18, 2018 Find out in this free online video library released by CNBC . T he Warren Buffett Archive is an enormous online collection covering business, investing, money and lessons in life.
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Bedroom tax
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/bedroom-tax/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 The Final Report from the Evaluation of the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (often referred to as the ‘bedroom tax’) carried out jointly by CCHPR and Ipsos Mori, has been published.
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Only 7% of people describe themselves as feminists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/only-7-of-people-describe-themselves-as-feminists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 According to the results from the 2016 Fawcett society state of the nation report only 4% men and 9% women polled labelled themselves as feminists.
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Inclusive Growth Commission
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/inclusive-growth-commission/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 RSA Launch Inclusive Growth Commission.