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Incoming University of Leicester Chancellor brings Sky At Night to the city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/bsf-sky-at-night
The University of Leicester’s incoming Chancellor will be bringing a special live edition of the BBC’s Sky at Night show to the city on Wednesday
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Ministerial visit showcases Space Park Leicester’s industry boost
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/treasury-minister-visit
Felicity Buchan MP, formerly Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, recently visited Space Park Leicester.
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“I know you, you know me, we’re a happy family…”
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/careerdevelopmentservice/2015/11/04/internal_interviews/
Posted by Marie Muir in Career Development Service on November 4, 2015 As a student, we are usually inclined to really love our University. We like studying there, socialising there – so it’s only natural that we might want to work there .
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New United Nations app
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/new-united-nations-app/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 UNU Jargon Buster glossary app for smartphones has about 450 A-Z entries. Find out what the many UN abbreviations mean including those of programmes and organisations.
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Gender dynamics within the UN Security Council
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/20/gender-dynamics-within-the-un-security-council/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2024 The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library has completed a project to provide statistical data on the gender composition of the UN Security Council from 1946 onward.
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Report on the World Social Situation digitised
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/08/report-on-the-world-social-situation-digitised/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2019 The Dag Hammarskjöld Library has recently digitised back runs of the Report on the World Social Situation (RWSS) published between 1952 to 1993.
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Feminism in the School curriculum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/18/feminism-in-the-school-curriculum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2016 This week MPs discussed the proposal for feminism to be dropped from the A Level politics curriculum. See the draft curriculum from 2015.
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Peace Activism in the UK during the Cold War
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/22/peace-activism-in-the-uk-during-the-cold-war/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2019 A new online resource based upon the archives of CND held in the LSE Library.
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UN Blue Book Series now online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/un-blue-book-series-now-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library has digitized 19 books in this important series.
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Governments and Facebook
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/04/governments-and-facebook/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2013 Government requests for data from Facebook Which governments request information the most from Facebook? First report from Facebook covers 6 months from January-June 2013.