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Centre for New Writing Events Sept-Dec 2013 University of Leicester staff blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/09/17/centre-for-new-writing-events-sept-dec-2013/
Posted by corinnefowler in School of English Blog on September 17, 2013 SuAndi We have planned an exciting programme of free literary events this semester at the Centre for New Writing (CNW).
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Economics of Football
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/08/economics-of-the-football/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2015 Football has dominated the news this week. The high sums of money involved in the World Cup mean that politics and corruption can become involved.
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Race and Higher Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/race-and-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic student attainment at UK universities: #closingthegap Universities UK A report setting out five steps universities can take to help close the attainment...
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The Taiwan National Treasure digital library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/06/the-taiwan-national-treasure-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 6, 2017 A new project which aims to create an online archive of official US documents about Taiwan, The materials obtained from the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will...
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Digital Futures for children research database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/11/digital-futures-for-children-research-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2024 https://www.digital-futures-for-children.net/research-database A database curated by the Digital Futures for Children project based at the LSE.
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Global Gender Gap Report 2022
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/29/global-gender-gap-report-2022/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 29, 2022 Global Gender Gap Report 2022 | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) Get information on the trends from 2020. The report records that it will take another 132 years to close the gap.
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Electoral Integrity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/27/electoral-integrity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2014 Electoral Integrity Project An independent international project headed by University of Sydney and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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Women and pension schemes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/21/women-and-pension-schemes/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2014 The latest annual report from Scottish Widows shows that more British are women saving into pension schemes. However women typically still saved less than men.
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Impact of festivals project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/impact-of-festivals-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 If you are attending music festivals over the summer take a look at the blog from this research project which is being funded under the AHRC’s Connected Communities Programme.
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Bloomberg: Credit Default Swaps
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/26/bloomberg-credit-default-swaps/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2013 Since the European Union ban on naked sovereign CDS in November, the volume of sovereign CDS trades has plummeted while the volume on financials CDS has increased, according to DTCC data.