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Black students and access to HE
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/12/16/black-students-and-access-to-he/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 16, 2022 78% of universities are less likely to make Black students an offer to study than other similar applicants, according to the Ethnic Representation Index (ERI) launched by University...
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Corruption
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/corruption/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 Exporting corruption: Progress report 2013: assessing enforcement of the OECD Conventionon combating bribery Full text report from Transparency International V iew other earlier...
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What do social science graduates do?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/01/what-do-social-science-graduates-do/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2013 A report by the Campaign for Social Science, October 2013 http://campaignforsocialscience.org.
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GDPR explained
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/01/gdpr-explained/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 The EU has launched a general information portal for the public.
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OECD Future of Business survey
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/22/oecd-future-of-business-survey/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 22, 2018 Future of Business Survey is a source of information on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
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Annenberg Public Policy Centre launches Science Media Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/17/annenberg-public-policy-centre-launches-science-media-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2018 This aims to consider the question – how well do major media companies/news services cover science? The first report in the series is comprised of a content analysis of news reports...
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Ban Ki-moon’s Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/14/ban-ki-moons-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2018 The archives of former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have been made available online via the website of the United Nations Archives and Records Management Section.
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The World Wide Web is 30 years old
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/18/the-world-wide-web-is-30-years-old/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2019 On March 12, 1989, British computer scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee submitted his proposal for what would become the World Wide Web to his boss at the European Organization for...
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Gender, race and money in politics database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/12/gender-race-and-money-in-politics-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 12, 2019 The Center for Responsive Politics has just released a new database which enables researchers to explore the interaction between gender and race in US campaign funding.
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Arabian Gulf Digital Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/10/arabian-gulf-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2019 A collection from the National Archives of the United Arab Emirates and National Archives UK which has text and images on the political, social and cultural history of the region.