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Social Justice Day 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/24/social-justice-day-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2017 20th February was World Social Justice day the 2017 Theme was “Preventing conflict and sustaining peace through decent work A key document is the adoption in 2008 by the ILO of...
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February is LGBT History Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/february-if-lgbt-history-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 To celebrate the arrival LGBT History Month view this collection on which features primary source documents and teaching materials relating to the impact of the 1969 Stonewall...
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Dangerous Women Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/dangerous-women-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 Research project from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh.
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Preparing for Brexit: London
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/preparing-for-brexit-london/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 New independent economic analysis commissioned by the Mayor of London. Looks at the impact on London and the rest of the UK of 5 possible Brexit scenarios.
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Europeana story dice
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/story-dice/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 Europeana is a cultural heritage site containing images and ephemera from Europe’s major libraries and cultural institutions. Its fun story dice kit can be downloaded and used in teaching.
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Black History in 100 Objects
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/black-history-in-100-objects/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 Oxfam GB | Black History in 100 Objects Oxfam is crowdsourcing a collection of 100 objects that express everyday Black history in the UK.
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The Covid decade: Understanding the long-term societal impact
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/29/the-covid-decade-understanding-the-long-term-societal-impact/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2021 The British Academy published a report this week into the long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on British society.
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Opengendertracking project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/22/opengendertracking-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2013 A project which aims to build software to track gender content in online news stories. The website provides an explanation of the project. This launch page http://opengendertracking.
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Obituary: Sir Michael Atiyah
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/14-obituary-sir-michael-atiyah
Sir Michael Atiyah, who was widely regarded as Britain’s greatest mathematician, has died aged 89. Sir Michael was Chancellor of the University of Leicester between 1995 and 2005.
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New educational video series on Icelandic eruptions recognised in three of the UK’s most prestigious Geography educational awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/video-icelandic-eruptions-geography-educational-awards
University Leicester contributes to video series through the involvement of Dr Marc Reichow from the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment