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Cuban Missile Crisis: 50 years
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/05/cuban-missile-crisis-50-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 5, 2012 To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis http://www.archives.gov/nae/visit/gallery.
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Young people are less likely to own their own home
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/16/young-people-are-less-likely-to-own-their-own-home/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 16, 2018 According to the latest analysis from IFS: ‘In 1995–96, 65% of those aged 25–34 with incomes in the middle 20% for their age owned their own home.
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Should sexist adverts be banned?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/16/should-sexist-adverts-be-banned/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2019 This week the first prosecutions were made against adverts considered sexist by the new ASA code on gender stereotyping.
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Feminism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/03/feminism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2014 The Fawcett Society launch new blog: Feminist Matters It will cover a range of topics from a feminist perspective.
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PlanetarySeminar: Observations and numerical modelling of Jupiter’s atmospheric phenomena
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/04/15/planetaryseminar-observations-and-numerical-modelling-of-jupiters-atmospheric-phenomena/
Posted by mkj13 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 15 April 2021 At 14:00 on Wednesday May 12th, 2021, Peio Iñurrigarro from the University of the Basque Country will be presenting a virtual seminar titled: “Observations and numerical modelling of Jupiter’s atmospheric...
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Arab human rights and democracy: useful resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/25/arab-human-rights-and-democracy-useful-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 25, 2013 The Arab Human Development reports http://www.arab-hdr.
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Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2011
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/12/02/monitoring-poverty-and-social-exclusion-2011/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 2, 2011 http://www.jrf.org.
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Online fact-checking – a growing trend
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/06/online-fact-checking-a-growing-trend/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 6, 2016 A recent report from the Reuters Institute has traced the rise of political fact-checking sites in Europe. It recorded 113 such groups are active today.
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Prague Spring – 50 years on
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/24/prague-spring-50-years-on/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 24, 2018 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Prague Spring, a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union.
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Human Trafficking
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/human-trafficking-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 30th July was World Day Against Trafficking in Persons . The official UN website provides background on the need for the day and related United Nations publications.