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Leicester Professor honoured with global award for life-saving disaster risk work
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/nibedita-ray-bennett-disaster-deaths-award
The University of Leicester's Professor Nibedita Ray-Bennett has been awarded a prestigious Norio Okada Implementation Science Award for her work on disaster risk management alongside her long-time collaborator, Dr Hideyuki Shiroshita (Kansai University).
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/country-reports-on-terrorism-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 Just released by the US state Department, these annual reports have regional and country reports as well as essays reviewing global trends, terrorism safe havens and terrorist organisations.
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Stopping hate crime online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/29/stopping-hate-crime-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 29, 2017 The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) published new public statements on how it will prosecute hate crime and support victims in England and Wales.
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What are children worried about?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/04/what-are-children-worried-about/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2017 The latest annual Good Childhood report from the Children’s Society measures children’s subject well-being and happiness.
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Do graduates earn more?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/09/25/do-graduates-earn-more/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2015 Latest analysis from researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Harvard University and the University of Cambridge found that generally they did even during the latest...
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Where is the Best Place to Grow old?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/09/25/where-is-the-best-place-to-grow-old/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2015 Find out by consulting the Global Agewatch Index 2015 from HelpAge International which ranks 96 nations .
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NMC Horizon Report 2016 Higher Education Edition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/nmc-horizon-report-2016-higher-education-edition/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 A collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. Download the full text from the website .
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EU referendum where do Eurosceptics live?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/eu-referendum-where-do-eurosceptics-live/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 YouGov this week revealed the 10 most Eurosceptic and EU friendly parts of the UK .
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Urban Africa RISK website
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/08/urban-africa-risk-website/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2016 The Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK) website has been launched to provide information and community resources for a three-year programme, funded by the UK Department...
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World Bank Archives Digitization
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/28/world-bank-archives-digitization/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 28, 2015 The World Bank Archives website is providing increasing free access to full text papers and documents as part of a digitization policy.