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Oor Willy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/oor-willy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Oor Willy, Your Willy, A’body’s Willy The National Library of Scotland has launched the Oor Wullie’s guide website for children.
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Is UK Higher Education Sustainable?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/21/is-uk-higher-education-sustainable/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2014 This question was considered by the Higher Education Commission who found the answer far from clear. Read their discussion of future options.
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Which countries are the most generous?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/21/which-countries-are-the-most-generous/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2014 Find out from the latest World Giving Report published by the Charities Aid Foundation.
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UK household spending
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/08/uk-household-spending/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 8, 2014 How much do UK Households spend? Find the latest annual data on trends in food, entertainment, housing and fuel from the ONS.
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What are the most popular online purchases?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/what-are-the-most-popular-online-purchases/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 Recent date from the ONS allows you to discover what types of products are purchased by different age-groups.
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Tax
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/20/tax/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 20, 2015 In its most recent report Americans for Tax Fairness referred to a ‘Whopper of a tax Dodge’ alleging that Burger King owes $117 million in tax to the US government.
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Work and pay
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/08/work-and-pay/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2015 Find out how pay compares in different sectors using this quiz from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
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Chilcot report…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/07/06/chilcot-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 6, 2016 … is available online at http://www.iraqinquiry.org.
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Whitehall Monitor 2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/21/whitehall-monitor-2014/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2014 The Institute for Government has released this fascinating annual report on the size and structure of UK government.
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Poor UK managers are rewarded with bonuses
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/08/poor-uk-managers-are-rewarded-with-bonuses/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2015 According to the National Management Salary Survey from CMI , 45% of under-performing managers received a bonus. The average is over £8,000 .