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Astronomers join hunt for Einsteins gravitational sirens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/astronomers-join-hunt-for-einstein2019s-gravitational-sirens
The first detection of gravitational waves was announced today by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration - and Leicester astronomers were among the first to respond to the detection, searching for the counterpart with X-ray and infra-red telescopes.
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Australian poll on same–sex marriage
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/20/australian-poll-on-same-sex-marriage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2017 Official results from the Australian Bureau of statistics of the postal survey. Explanation of the process. And commentary from the Sydney Morning Herald news.
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Ukraine
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/23/ukraine-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2024 Think Tank reports on the invasion of Ukraine – Consilium (europa.eu) Useful bibliography with annotations and links on recent European think tanks’ publications about the conflict.
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3D models
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/05/24/3d-models/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2024 3D models on Europeana A new section on Europeana which contains a collection of over 30 online 3D visual models of key sculptures and other cultural artefacts from Europe’s major...
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Playlist for Black History Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/14/playlist-for-black-history-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 14, 2021 From Box of Broadcasts, a playlist of programmes on the experiences of people in colour in the UK and beyond. Available to all University students and staff situated in the UK.
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Medieval women’s wills
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/22/medieval-womens-wills/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2023 Medieval women’s wills The British Library’s Medieval and Renaissance Women project has recently digitised a number of wills of women from the 13th to...
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Free to view LGBTQIA+ books
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/19/free-to-view-lgbtqia-books/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2023 The publisher Taylor and Francis have made a collection of LBGTQIA-related books free to view for pride month.
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Africa UN Data for Development Platform
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/18/africa-un-data-for-development-platform/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2021 A new official gateway to explore data at country, sub-regional and regional levels on SDGs, Agenda 2063 and key socio-economic indicators for Africa.
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UNU Gender Atlas
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/11/22/unu-gender-atlas/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2021 The UNU Gender Atlas provides a succinct summary of the United Nations University’s work on gender equality and looks at themes in the 2030 Agenda.
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Living Black at University
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/02/07/living-black-at-university/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2022 UNITE union reveals Black students experiences with university housing 54% of Black students surveyed reported having been the victim of some form of racism in their...