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Criminal Laws on Homosexuality in African Nations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/21/criminal-laws-on-homosexuality-in-african-nations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 21, 2014 Criminal Laws on Homosexuality in African Nations Useful chart produced in February 2014 by the Law Library of the Library of Congress which summarizes the treatment of...
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Students and immigration
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/09/01/students-and-immigration/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 1, 2014 Foreign students and Immigration: Should they be counted in net figures? The debate continues.
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UN and other peacekeeping sites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/31/un-and-other-peacekeeping-sites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2013 Useful UN materials include Official twitter account for the latest news. Past missions with a timeline of past missions.
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Reminder: Kissinger documents
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/15/reminder-kissinger-documents/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2013 Recommended resources for research on Kissinger’s diplomacy include George Washington University National security archive which has made transcripts of declassified secret...
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Demographic data UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/22/demographic-data-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2013 By 2016 most parents will be unmarried Latest birth data from the National office of Statistics sees an increase in children born to unmarried parents.
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2018 State of the World’s Volunteerism Report: The thread that binds
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/03/2018-state-of-the-worlds-volunteerism-report-the-thread-that-binds/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2018 The United Nations has just released its annual report on volunteering. It has estimations on the extent of volunteering by nation and gender.
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Locating Heritage
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mu7521
Module code: MU7521 This module is about locating the term ‘heritage’ in its various contexts, as a concept, a process and a resource. 'Heritage' is a fluid, contested and complex term and its meanings and uses have changed over time.
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the introductory lecture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/teachingr/2020/10/12/the-introductory-lecture/
discussion of the main points covered in the introductory lecture
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Literary Leicester commemorates Evelyn Waugh with day of events
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/literary-leicester-commemorates-evelyn-waugh-with-day-of-events
The University's Literary Leicester festival will commemorate fifty years since the death of one of the English language’s most revered novelists, Evelyn Waugh, with a day dedicated to his life and work, curated by experts preparing an unprecedented collection of his...
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East Midlands programme to support 30 doctoral researchers tackle climate change and mental health through storytelling
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/climate-mental-health-storytelling-phd-east-midlands
A new doctoral training centre utilising the power of storytelling to tackle the climate crisis and mental health will be launched in the East Midlands.