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I have to grade a master project on representations of symmetric groups (char $0$) third time in my life and finally I came to a conclusion that I have to get a grasp of the matter. I am aware of plenty of sources on the topic, such as Lecture 4 in Fulton Harris, but to my shame I don't find these sources user-friendly (far too many things left unproved). So here is a question:

Are you aware of some nice sources on representations of symmetric group (in char $0$) that are user friendly? Maybe some online videos?

This topic seems to be really beautiful, with huge amount of applications and connections to other bits of maths, so I believe there must be somewhere something pedagogical and user-friendly...

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    $\begingroup$ the books by prasad and sagan are quite user friendly if you mean representation theory in characteristic zero. $\endgroup$
    – Mare
    Commented Sep 21, 2016 at 10:30
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    $\begingroup$ Representation Theory : A Combinational Viewpoint by Amritanshu Prasad, Cambridge studies in applied mathematics $\endgroup$
    – js21
    Commented Sep 21, 2016 at 10:39
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    $\begingroup$ and The Symmetric Group: Representations, Combinatorial Algorithms, and Symmetric Functions by Bruce Sagan, Springer $\endgroup$
    – js21
    Commented Sep 21, 2016 at 10:39
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    $\begingroup$ You can also read mat.univie.ac.at/~esiprpr/esi333.pdf. $\endgroup$
    – js21
    Commented Sep 21, 2016 at 10:42
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    $\begingroup$ I find books by Gordon James readable ( there is also a book by James and Kerber), though maybe he goes into the modular theory more that you would want. $\endgroup$
    – Geoff Robinson
    Commented Sep 21, 2016 at 11:55

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