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Where is the Best Place to Grow old?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/09/25/where-is-the-best-place-to-grow-old/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2015 Find out by consulting the Global Agewatch Index 2015 from HelpAge International which ranks 96 nations .
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Living wage level raised
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/06/living-wage-level-raised/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2015 The level of the living wage was raised by 40p an hour this week to £8.25.
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Bedroom tax
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/bedroom-tax/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 The Final Report from the Evaluation of the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (often referred to as the ‘bedroom tax’) carried out jointly by CCHPR and Ipsos Mori, has been published.
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Racism in British Universities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/racism-in-british-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 The UCU union has just released a survey of its BME members in which shockingly 90% of those who answered reported that they had faced barriers to promotion and over 70%...
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Universal credit – does anyone benefit?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/universal-credit-does-anyone-benefit/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 IFS has conducted an economic analysis into the impact finding tha t it ‘will tend to weaken the incentive for single parents to be in work, and to strengthen the incentive for...
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Economists on Twitter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/economists-on-twitter/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 The working paper site RePEc has just launched its own directory of economists who tweet.
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NMC Horizon Report 2016 Higher Education Edition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/nmc-horizon-report-2016-higher-education-edition/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 A collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. Download the full text from the website .
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EU referendum where do Eurosceptics live?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/eu-referendum-where-do-eurosceptics-live/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 YouGov this week revealed the 10 most Eurosceptic and EU friendly parts of the UK .
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/country-reports-on-terrorism-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 Just released by the US state Department, these annual reports have regional and country reports as well as essays reviewing global trends, terrorism safe havens and terrorist organisations.
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What do students think of their courses?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/what-do-students-think-of-their-courses/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 Find out by downloading the 2016 Student academic experience survey from Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the Higher Education Academy.