The Gender, Inequality and Power Commission’s final report: ‘Confronting Gender Inequality’ finds evidence of continuing inequality in its four areas of concern: Economy, Law, Politics, and Media/Culture. The 2015 sex and power report by the Fawcett society finds continuing underepresentation of British women as MPs and in key government roles in the UK in 2015.
Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog
Inspiring Women
Royal Holloway College launched the Inspiring Women campaign to salute and celebrate the achievements of women. Their website will focus upon the pioneering role of the college in developing women’s higher education as well as famous women in the wider society. It has news from the archives, podcasts of academics speaking about their inspiring women […]
Historical Newspaper Archives: Finance and Economics
The University has recently acquired some historical newspaper archives amongst which are the Economist 1843-2011 and the Financial Times 1888-2010. For more information see our News Sources Page or the Gale NewsVault information page.
Historical Newspaper Archives
The University has recently acquired some historical newspaper archives amongst which are the Daily Mail 1896-2004, the Independent 1986-2012 and Punch 1841-1992. For more information see our News Sources Page or the Gale NewsVault information page.
Economics in the Rear-View Mirror
A new blog has been launched hosting archive materials about the history of economics in America. Run by Irwin Collier of Freie Universität Berlin, it hosts materials from his project investigating the teaching of economics in the United States from the 1880s to the 1950s. It covers the ‘big guns’ of US economics at Harvard, […]
Catalan Elections
Get links to resources covering the results and their implication for any possible independence from this elections blog. They include newspapers, polls, government websites and academic comment and analysis in English and Spanish.
British Police and Race
British Police and Race The Centre for Crime and Justice has just provided free access to a collection of articles under the heading #BlackLivesMatter which discuss aspects of policing and race in the UK and elsewhere. They consider such concepts as institutional racism and the police and racial profiling. The site also made available videos […]
Media Laws Database
Recently launched by the International Press Institute this site aims to provide journalists with basic knowledge on a country by country basis, of laws, legislation and regulation relating to the press. Issues include freedom of the press, defamation and blasphemy. At present materials relate mainly to Europe and the EU. The site also has some […]
The State of Broadband 2015
Latest annual report from (ITU/ UNESCO) Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development shows that 57% of the world have no broadband access. The report has data on access to the broadband internet for over a 100 nations worldwide. Topics covered include affordability, 4G, trends in mobile access, national broadband plans and the digital divide. The website also […]
British Library for Development Studies
A marvellous site to explore as more full content is being added is the British Library for Development Studies (BLDS). Get free aces to materials not readily available elsewhere. Partners currently include: Centre for Development Studies (Kerala, India) Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya . Items […]
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