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Worldwide Cost of Living report 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/24/worldwide-cost-of-living-report-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2017 Where is the most expensive city to live? Download the free data from the latest Economist Intelligence Unit report which covers over 200 cities worldwide.
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French Language Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/23/french-language-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2018 French Language day was celebrated on 20 th March. Journée de la langue française is a day designated by the United Nations to celebrate multiculturalism and diversity.
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Knife crime, what are the facts?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/knife-crime-what-are-the-facts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Recently the papers have published lots of stories on rising levels of knife crime.
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Women and girls in the pandemic
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/22/women-and-girls-in-the-pandemic/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2021 The Report on the UN Women Global Response to COVID-19 covers global, national and regional responses and includes information on social protection, economic protection and...
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US Elections 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/02/us-elections-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2016 Political Bots: are they manipulating the USA Presidential elections? An interesting project on digital politics and algorithms which is considering how the use of automated...
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Does fashion contribute to the UK economy?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/24/does-fashion-contribute-to-the-uk-economy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 24, 2018 I n London Fashion Week we consider how much fashion contributes to the economy.
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Politwoops and other Twitter-related sites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/10/politwoops-and-other-twitter-related-sites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2013 Politwoops: (deleted tweets from politicians ) enables keyword searching for deleted tweets. It is offered in a number of countries.
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Happiness research
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/01/happiness-research/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 1, 2011 This week the Office for National Statistics released the results of a public consultation on indicators which the British public feel should be used to measure happiness National...
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/221/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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ICAI – Independent commission for aid impact
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/13/icai-independent-commission-for-aid-impact/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2012 The independent body responsible for the scrutiny of UK aid. A useful starting point for considering effectiveness. Reports from 2011 onwards are online. http://icai.independent.gov.