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Do young people trust the news?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/do-young-people-trust-the-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 Fascinating report from the Knight Foundation which focusses on findings from qualitative research with 52 teenagers and young adults in three U.S.
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How reading increases your life expectancy by 26 years!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/how-reading-increases-your-life-expectancy-by-26-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 World Book day was celebrated on Thursday What are the benefits of reading? The Reading Agency quotes a number of studies on economic, health and well-being and educational impacts...
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UN Day of South-South Cooperation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/14/un-day-of-south-south-cooperation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2020 UN Day South South Cooperation is held on the 12th September.
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Paternity Leave
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/paternity-leave/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Do Fathers Want Shared Paternity Leave? Interesting story this week from the BBC that fewer than 1 in 50 fathers are taking the new extra paternity leave.
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Women on boards
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/28/women-on-boards/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 28, 2014 Women on Boards Third Annual Report released This 3 rd annual report into women on boards shows progress in achieving the target of target of 25% of women on all FTSE100...
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Chinese Language day – April 20th
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/20/chinese-language-day-april-20th/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2018 April 20th is designated by the United Nations as Chinese Language day it seeks to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity.
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Disability history resource list
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/03/disability-history-resource-list/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 3, 2023 For UK Disability History Month (mid-November to mid-December) the BBIH provided a free list of over 450 key titles covering all aspects of disability.
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Cross-national income database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/09/cross-national-income-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2012 Luxembourg Income Database (LIS) http://www.lisdatacenter.
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Journalists in danger
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/04/journalists-in-danger/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2013 A Day Without News http://adaywithoutnews.com/ Grassroots campaign with UN support to highlight the growing numbers of journalists who have been killed and injured in armed conflict.
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FGM
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/13/fgm/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 13, 2015 Last week the UK’s first prosecution for female genital mutilation (FGM) failed amid controversy. A cademics discuss whether the case should have been bought at all.