Search
-
Diversity in HE. Or not…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/25/diversity-in-he-or-not/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 25, 2016 Lies, damned lies and statistics on widening access to Russell Group universities Interesting article in the latest issue of Radical Statistic by Vikki Boliver which criticises the...
-
World Development Indicators (WDI) 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/25/world-development-indicators-wdi-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 25, 2016 Just released by the World Bank this major dataset which has over 800 indicators covering more than 150 economies.
-
Atlas of African Health
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/03/atlas-of-african-health/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 3, 2016 Just released by the WHO includes data on progress towards health-related Millennium Development goals.
-
ACLED Conflict Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/09/acled-conflict-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2024 The ACLED Conflict Index A new indicator relating to civilian impact of conflict.
-
The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/09/the-inclusive-historians-handbook/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2024 The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook is a free project co-sponsored by the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) and the National Council on Public History (NCPH) .
-
Seized LGBT books
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/15/seized-books/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2024 An online exhibition from Senate House Library which marks the 40th anniversary of the 1984 “Operation Tiger” customs raids on Gay’s the Word bookshop on charges of importing...
-
Global Health and Care Worker Policy Lab
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/26/global-health-and-care-worker-policy-lab/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2024 Created in April by the World Health Organization and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University, this resource aims to provide free access to...
-
First Draft Coalition launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/28/first-draft-coalition-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 28, 2015 A new group of social media journalists, whose members include Bellingcat , Eyewitness Media Hub , Emergent , Meedan , Reported.
-
Gender, Inequality and Power
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/20/gender-inequality-and-power/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2015 The Gender, Inequality and Power Commission’s final report: ‘Confronting Gender Inequality’ finds evidence of continuing inequality in its four areas of concern:...
-
Comics about social and human rights issues
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/18/comics-about-social-and-human-rights-issues/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 18, 2017 Positive negatives: a n interesting example of comics being used to communicate key social issues.