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• Closing the attainment gap

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/02/08/closing-the-attainment-gap/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2021 The Higher Education Policy Institute has been looking at the effect of the Covid pandemic on the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. Read about it in the blog post by Gwen Morris .

• New Media Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/new-media-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 A weekly report that captures the leading commentary of news-focused blogs and social media sites and compares their subjects to that of the mainstream press. http://www.journalism.

• New Economics Foundation

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/23/new-economics-foundation/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2012 http://neweconomics.org/ Aims to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environmental and social issues.

• Hope Not Hate: the State of Hate in 2019

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/22/hope-not-hate-the-state-of-hate-in-2019/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 22, 2019 Annual report from the group which monitors online hate , islamophobia, homophobia and the state of the far right in Britain today.

• Digital Documentary Resources in Nilgiri and Coimbatore (1850-1970)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/27/digital-documentary-resources-in-nilgiri-and-coimbatore-1850-1970/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 27, 2023 The collections digitised in this project consist mostly of photographs dating from the late 19th to mid 20th centuries.

• Robert MacFarlane

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/07/26/4585/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2021 Robert Macfarlane, scientist and writer, has been on Desert Island Discs.

• The Giant Bible of Mainz

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/07/the-giant-bible-of-mainz/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2022 The Giant Bible of Mainz Digitized by the Library of Congress   Famous for being one of the last handwritten by a scribe in 1450s.

• Inspection of Youth Offending Work in Leicestershire and Rutland

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/06/20/inspection-of-youth-offending-work-in-leicestershire-and-rutland/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 20, 2012 The latest report of HM Inspectorate of Probation on the Inspection of Youth Offending Work in Leicestershire and Rutland is now published.

• Oor Willy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/oor-willy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Oor Willy, Your Willy, A’body’s Willy The National Library of Scotland has launched the Oor Wullie’s guide website for children.

• YouTube Newswire launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/29/youtube-newswire-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 29, 2015 A new Youtube channel in association with social media site Storyful which aims to present verified eye witness citizen journalism films.