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Google Reader
Plans to discontinue Google Reader (the RSS feed reader) have been announced. Articles on this available here http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/mar/14/google-reader-rss-retired and...
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MyWorld Survey
A major global survey for citizens launched by the United Nations and partners. It asks respondents to prioritise six out of sixteen possible issues in order to gather data about values to inform...
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Sisterhood and After
http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/sisterhood/about.html A website from the British Library developed in association with Sussex University and the Women’s library. It Covers the oral history of the...
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Human Trafficking
A new report from the Centre for Social Justice http://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/publications - It Happens Here: Equipping the United Kingdom to fight modern slavery – argues that the...
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Female FTSE report 2013
Acces the latest annual review of the number of women board members at the UK’s leading FTSE companies. From the Cranfield University website. Past issues from 2005 onwards are also available for...
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Islamic Countries: Basic Social and Economic Indicators
The SESRIC BASEIND (Basic Social and Economic Indicators) Database This website is maintained by the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), an...
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Global information technology report 2013
Global information technology report Released by World Economic Forum, this report includes Networked Readiness Index Rankings, country data profiles and Case Studies of ICT being used for...
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Islamophobia Studies Journal
Islamophobia Studies Journal is a new a bi-annual peer reviewed academic periodical published by the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project, UC Berkeley, which aims to publish articles and...
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Sweatshops
Following the recent tragedy in Bangladesh- would you pay more for ethical production? Depressingly, a Huff/Post YouGov poll of American shoppers found little awareness about the incident or sources of...
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UNESCO Open Access Publications
UNESCO publications on open access Get free access to high quality publications from UNESCO which has a agreed a new open access policy. Starting from July 2013, hundreds of downloadable digital UNESCO...
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Women in the workplace
A few key reports covering the UK have been published this week. The Business, Innovations and Skills Committee has published a 3 volume report on women in the workplace: HC 342. This covers a wide...
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BPS Occupational Digest
A new blog and email produced by the British Psychological Society, Users can get RSS feeds or sign up to receive regular research updates covering psychology in the workplace. This includes...
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Matchwomen’s strike and other union sites
125th anniversary of the Matchgirl’s strike <http://www.matchwomensfestival.com/> To commemorate the occasion a special festival is being held in London. See the site for events. For information...
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Eurostat statistics explained
A guide to European statistics from the European Commission: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Main_Page
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UK Postal Service
This week UK government confirmed that Royal Mail will be floated on the Stock Exchange Royal Mail: myth-busters - Answers common misconceptions about the government’s plans to sell shares in Royal...
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Demographic data UK
By 2016 most parents will be unmarried Latest birth data from the National office of Statistics sees an increase in children born to unmarried parents. The ONS also has more family and household...
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EU high earners
Where do bankers earn millions? Interesting European Bank central report on 2010-2011 salaries in EU nations.
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Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Country Indicators
From the International financial corporation, (MSME-CI) Access to free data back 20 years on the number of small and medium business in 132 nations. Covers size, growth rates and employees. Data can...
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Opendata for Africa
Great free open data portal just launched by the African Development Bank. Covers over 50 nations providing recent data. This include millennium development goals and socio-economic data on fragile...
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This blog is moving
This blog is moving to a new site and changing its name slightly. The new address is http://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/ If you subscribe to RSS feeds, they too will have changed and you...
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