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University of Leicester commits to reverse biodiversity decline through worldwide Nature Positive Universities Alliance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/nature-positive
The University of Leicester has been announced as one of the founding members of the Nature Positive Universities Alliance, continuing its commitment to being a biodiversity net-positive organisation.
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University of Leicester rises to five-year high in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/the-world-rankings-2023
The University of Leicester has been ranked among the top 200 universities in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023, and reached its highest position since 2018.
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Attenborough Arts Centre joins worldwide Bloomberg Connects programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/attenborough-arts-centre-bloomberg-connects-programme
Attenborough Arts Centre today announces a new partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies to join the worldwide Bloomberg Connects programme.
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Working household poverty is worse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/01/working-household-poverty-is-worse/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2015 According to the latest annual poverty and social exclusion report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which provides data and analysis for the last 5 years .
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Inclusive Growth Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/inclusive-growth-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 New from the Joseph Rowntree Trust a tool for examining and measuring the relationship between poverty and growth .
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BFI Filmography
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/29/bfi-filmography/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 29, 2017 A great new resource from the BFI which explores a wide range of topics relating to the history of UK feature film.
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Yemen Truce Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/20/yemen-truce-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2022 Yemen Truce Monitor – ACLED (acleddata.com) Updated every Tuesday, this site tracks violations of the truce in Yemen which was agreed in April 2022.
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Global registry of oil and gas reserves
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/30/global-registry-of-oil-and-gas-reserves/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2022 Global registry of oil and gas reserves , provides access in one place to production and emissions with data for more than 50,000 fields.
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Entrepreneurship at a Glance 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/entrepreneurship-at-a-glance-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 Read the full text online via the OECD iLibrary Download of the latest report on the state of entrepreneurship produced by the OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme.
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Modern slavery
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/11/modern-slavery/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2017 The commercial company Maplethrorpe have just released their 2017 modern slavery index . You can view a summary on their website.