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Caribbean
https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/countries/latin-america-caribbean/caribbean
We welcome students from Caribbean countries. Find out about entry requirements, the Caribbean student community and other region-specific information.
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Police and hate crime
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/31/police-and-hate-crime/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 31, 2018 Do the police investigate hate crime properly? Serious concerns have been raised this week by an HMIC inspection report.
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Rule of Law Index 2017-18
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/rule-of-law-index-2017-18/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 Just released by the World Justice Project . It examines and ranks adherence to the rule of law in 113 nations and jurisdictions worldwide. Evidence is gathered from surveys.
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Internet and news media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/04/internet-and-news-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2011 How People Use Tablets and What it Means for the Future of News http://www.journalism.org/analysis_report/tablet A report from the Pew Research Centre for Excellence in Journalism.
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Youth and Media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2010/10/08/new-web-resource-youth-and-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 8, 2010 Youth and Media project http://youthandmedia.org/ A major interdisciplinary project headed by the Research Center for Information Law at the University of St.
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Freedom in the World report 2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/31/freedom-in-the-world-report-2014/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 31, 2014 Freedom in the World report 2014 Just issued by Freedom House see the rankings for civil liberties in nations worldwide. The report also has a useful graphic map of freedoms.
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US Mid-Term Elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/09/us-mid-term-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2018 Lots of links on this subject. New York Times collected examples of misinformation over 4,000 were sent from social media.
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Extended induction teaching resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/09/18/extended-induction-teaching-resources/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on September 18, 2019 In recent weeks, we’ve been compiling some teaching resources and activities designed to help introduce new students to certain aspects of higher education study.
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Queering Islam # 2: Rusi Jaspal public talk recording
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2016/02/05/queering-islam-2-rusi-jaspal-public-talk-recording/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on February 5, 2016 Prof Rusi Jaspal (De Montfort University) gave a great public talk on the social psychology of gay and bisexual Muslims last week as part of the series Queering Islam.
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Bawa-Garba and The Williams Review: NHS Leadership at the Highest Level
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2018/08/17/bawa-garba-and-the-williams-review-nhs-leadership-at-the-highest-level/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on August 17, 2018 This week many doctors were relieved that Hadiza Bawa-Garba ‘s appeal against her erasure from the medical register was successful.