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PhD researchers tackle social isolation and loneliness in the city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/19-wiscp-awareness-week
Earlier this year, our Doctoral College was approached by the West Indian Senior Citizens Project (WISCP), asking if some of our doctoral and early career researchers would present their findings as part of the WISCP Awareness and Wellbeing Week.
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World Refugee Day: transforming lives through education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/world-refugee-day
On World Refugee Day, the University of Leicester is celebrating the transformative power of education to change lives, and the diversity that enriches the student population and staff.
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MedPRIDE Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/medrace-plus/medpride-leicester
Introduction to MedPRIDE Leicester, a student-staff working group within Leicester Medical School, working to support LGBT+ equity, diversity and inclusion in medical education.
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English Football: a Social History MOOC
https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-english-football/2020
This is for you if... you want to find out more about the history, sociology and politics of football with a focus on Leicester City FC.
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Postgraduates
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates
Postgraduate masters degrees, how much a masters costs and how to develop your career.
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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/24/5038/
Africana Historic Postcard Collection. New from the Library of Congress, more than 1,500 digitised photograph postcards from European colonial territories from the 1890s – 1960s. Most before 1930. Most are photos from colonial administrators and European missionaries.
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The most violent cities (Latin America, UK and Global)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/10/the-most-violent-cities-latin-america-uk-and-global/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2017 Chioda, Laura. 2017. Stop the Violence in Latin America : A Look at Prevention from Cradle to Adulthood. Latin American Development Forum;. Washington, DC: World Bank.
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Anti-bullying
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/anti-bullying/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 R ecent research from the TUC from a YouGov survey recorded nearly one third of people who responded had suffered bullying.
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Citing datasets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/11/citing-datasets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2011 http://www.dcc.ac.uk/news/new-dcc-guide-citing-datasets Download the 12 page guide which will help researchers cite datasets.
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TV News Search Borrow
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/17/tv-news-search-borrow/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2012 http://archive.org/details/tv Internet Archive site. This service is designed to help USA citizens better understand the issues and candidates in the 2012 U.S.