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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 12 18 November
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-12-18-november
Dr Athina Karatzogianni from the Department of Media and Communication has written an article for The Conversation about 'hacktivist' group Anonymous and how it hopes to challenge the Islamic State.
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Professor Robert Winston discusses sciences dark side
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/professor-robert-winston-to-discuss-science2019s-2018dark-side2019
A full report on Lord Winston's talk now available here The eminent medical scientist and television presenter Professor Robert Winston is to give a glimpse at the ‘dark side’ of scientific discovery at the next Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture for the University...
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Anti-Bullying Pledge
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/edi/anti-bullying-week
This Anti-Bullying Week. What we can do to stop bullying and take a stand against bullying. Support us with showing your commitment to tackling bullying.
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R-shief: tracking Arab public opinion
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/15/r-shief-tracking-arab-public-opinion/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 15, 2013 The new website is currently under development. It aggregates data from social media – Facebook, Twitter etc. to track public opinion from the Arab world.
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Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/global-entrepreneurship-and-development-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index Free access to this annual index of nations ranked according to how conducive they are to entrepreneurial...
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Business and Management MOOCs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/business-and-management-moocs/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 For a subject-based list take a look at the FT tracker for business and management In the UK a major service with content from the British Library and other major universities is...
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Nigerian Security
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/30/nigerian-security/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2015 Nigerian Presidential elections are due to take place soon.
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Number of fact-checking sites worldwide increasing rapidly
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/13/number-of-fact-checking-sites-worldwide-increasing-rapidly/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2018 According to the latest annual report from the Duke Reporters Lab . They found that in 2018 the number has increased by 31 percent.
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Digital Terrorism and Hate online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/16/digital-terrorism-and-hate-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2018 A new report from the Simon Wiesenthal center finds the rise of alt-tech far-right digital websites and platforms.
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RSS feed from UN
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/13/rss-feed-from-un/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 13, 2012 Get the RSS feed from the U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library http://un-library.tumblr.