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Identities: Understanding Islam in a Cross-Cultural Context
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/07/22/identities-understanding-islam-in-a-cross-cultural-context/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2016 Useful online project and exhibition space created in collaboration by the Museum of History and Holocaust Education (Kennesaw State University) and the Ben M’Sik Community Museum...
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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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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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Don’t Look Away: No place for exclusion of LGBTI students (UNESCO)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/dont-look-away-no-place-for-exclusion-of-lgbti-students-unesco/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 International LGBTQI Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO) and UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report released findings from research and surveys on the situation of LGBTQI...
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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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World Humanitarian Data And Trends 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/world-humanitarian-data-and-trends-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 The United Nations Office For the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has just released the latest annual report which has overall country and regional data.