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UN envoy says austerity has inflicted misery on UK citizens
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/un-envoy-says-austerity-has-inflicted-misery-on-uk-citizens/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Last week comments from Sir Philip Alston UN Envoy on Poverty about inequality in the UK were widely reported.
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Knife crime, what are the facts?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/knife-crime-what-are-the-facts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Recently the papers have published lots of stories on rising levels of knife crime.
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UK Child Poverty
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/06/04/uk-child-poverty/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2014 Save the children Fund report on UK Child Poverty The new report A Fair start for every child: Why we must act now to tackle child poverty in the UK forecasts shocking rates...
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International students aid UK economic growth
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/international-students-aid-uk-economic-growth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 According to the latest report from London First , foreign students in London add a total of £2.3 billion to the economy. However many find current immigration rules onerous.
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Children, happiness and well-being
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/21/children-happiness-and-well-being/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2015 According to the latest Good Childhood report 2015 published this week by the Children’s Society, children in the UK are unhappy.
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The #MeToo Asia Thinking Aloud Series
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/21/the-metoo-asia-thinking-aloud-series/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 21, 2020 Available via Youtube This series explores the way that #MeToo Movement was translated and transformed in China, India, Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
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UK Government’s Tweets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/uk-governments-tweets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 National Archives to capture tweets and social media created by the UK government Their website has a direct link to the Twitter archive and a YouTube archive...
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Google Reader
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/15/945/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 15, 2013 Plans to discontinue Google Reader (the RSS feed reader) have been announced. Articles on this available here http://www.guardian.co.
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US Government release full text First World War documents online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/16/us-government-release-full-text-first-world-war-documents-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2018 Now available: The United States Army in the World War, 1917-1919 Published in 1948, this 17 volume set contains key documents, maps, and records for the American...
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Changing viewing habits – binge viewing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/10/changing-viewing-habits-binge-viewing/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 10, 2017 Are we a nation of binge viewers? Yes according to the latest annual Communication Markets report released by Ofcom this week.