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Malala
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/13/malala/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2015 R eleased this week, He Named me Mala , the inspirational documentary on the young Nobel prize winner See her historic speech to the United Nations on their YouTube channel also...
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Business and Management MOOCs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/business-and-management-moocs/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 For a subject-based list take a look at the FT tracker for business and management In the UK a major service with content from the British Library and other major universities is...
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State of the World 2014/15: Amnesty International
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/23/state-of-the-world-201415-amnesty-international/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2015 Amnesty International’s annual review of human rights includes overview essays and country surveys covering freedom, rights, discrimination and abuses.
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Social Justice Day 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/24/social-justice-day-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2017 20th February was World Social Justice day the 2017 Theme was “Preventing conflict and sustaining peace through decent work A key document is the adoption in 2008 by the ILO of...
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Preparing for Brexit: London
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/preparing-for-brexit-london/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 New independent economic analysis commissioned by the Mayor of London. Looks at the impact on London and the rest of the UK of 5 possible Brexit scenarios.
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European Convention Human Rights anniversary – 67 years!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/13/european-convention-human-rights-anniversary-67-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2017 The European Convention on human rights was signed 67 years ago,. See this happy birthday video and blog on its importance from the Rights Information blog.
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More data portals
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/01/more-data-portals/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2015 O pen Data Inception has mapped over 1600 open data portals around the world. Hover over the maps to get statistics on different nations.
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Digital archive of avant-garde and modernist magazines (1890-1945)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/digital-archive-of-avant-garde-and-modernist-magazines-1890-1945/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 Monoskop maintains a digital archive of printed avant-garde and modernist magazines dating from the late-19th century to the late 1930s, published in Europe and North America.
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Cuts and austerity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/06/cuts-and-austerity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2015 What do the British public think of the cuts and austerity policy? Latest research from IPSO Mori shows 43% think public services are worse than 5 years ago but only 23% say they have...
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Press Freedom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/08/press-freedom/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2013 The Press Freedom Index 2013 http://en.rsf.org/press-freedom-index-2013,1054.html launched by Reporters Without Frontiers.