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Fossil study sheds light on ancient water-to-land transition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/ostracod
The research team’s findings, published in The Royal Society’s Biology Letters, show how ostracods began to swim into estuaries about 420 million years ago during the Silurian Period, beginning their exploration of many new habitats.
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Young Leicester artists raise money for charity through ‘Hopefulness’ exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/aac-hopefulness
A new exhibition featuring the work of budding artists from Leicester College has opened at the Attenborough Arts Centre, the University of Leicester’s public arts programme. The Art and Design students were asked what ‘hope’ meant to them.
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University of Leicester event focusses on ‘The Most Diverse Street in Britain’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/narborough-road
Narborough Road is the focus of the latest community event in the University of Leicester’s Migration and Making of Leicester series. The street has famously been described as the ‘most diverse’ in Britain.
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Dynamic DNA
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr/dynamic-dna
Every year GENIE (Genetics Education Networking for Innovation and Excellence) runs a Dynamic DNA outreach event for year nine pupils from local schools.
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Digital Literacies with Children
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/11/digital-literacies-with-children/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2024 Dr Cristina Costa, from Durham University School of Education, has been working on a digital literacy project with children at a County Durham primary school.
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Digital Data Gender Divide
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/digital-data-gender-divide/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Today worldwide 327 million fewer women than men have a smartphone and can access the mobile Internet. This report from the OECD considers what can be done.
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Which jobs are at risk from AI automation?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/25/which-jobs-are-at-risk-from-ai-automation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 25, 2021 A report from Nesta, Mapping Career Causeways: Supporting workers at risk , looks at jobs at risk from AI and how workers can transition to similar posts which are less precarious.
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Memory Lane
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/10/memory-lane/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2021 Free access to an archive of millions of photos taken as far back as 1878. Some original black and white have been recoloured.
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The Black Frontline
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/18/the-black-frontline/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2024 This project has conducted 300 oral histories with Black doctors and nurses in the United States, the United Kingdom and Ghana.
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Bloomberg: Studying Equity Volume Patterns for Clues on Price Direction
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/22/bloomberg-studying-equity-volume-patterns-for-clues-on-price-direction/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2013 Global equity markets rallied this month after a contraction in June. Trading volume can indicate whether these price movements will hold.