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• Sakura celebration: Students plant ‘symbol of Japan’ on Leicester campus

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/cherry-blossom

  The tree planting was lent special significance in the University’s Centenary year, as Leicester’s first international student, Tamotsu Shishikura, came to the University College from Tokyo to study English between 1922 and 1924.

• Fake News – a new tool

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/fake-news-a-new-tool/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 Hoaxy is a joint project of the Indiana University Network Science Institute ( IUNI ) and the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research it aims to provide visualisations of fake...

• Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 14

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/14/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• John Evelyn and the war with the Dutch

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/20/john-evelyn-and-the-war-with-the-dutch/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 20, 2015 Engraved portrait of John Evelyn by W. H. Worthington, from an original painting by Walker. From the Fairclough Collection, EP36, Box 3, p. 310.

• Evading a flogging by the Whipping Toms

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/02/27/evading-a-flogging-by-the-whipping-toms/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on February 27, 2017 Prior to 1846, Leicester had its own very particular way of celebrating Shrove Tuesday, which precedes the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday and was therefore the occasion for an outburst of eating,...

• 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.

• Our World in Data: Migration Explorer 

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/03/22/our-world-in-data-migration-explorer/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2022 Explore global data on immigration, refugees and asylum seekers in a new visual dashboard created by Our World in Data using statistics derived from  United Nations Department...

• Write an essay, get a kitten!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/write-an-essay-get-a-kitten/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 Originally compiled to assist students with dyslexia and special needs, AbilityNet’s great blog posting has tips on apps for motivation and focus when studying which will help everyone.

• The Economics of Chocolate

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/26/the-economics-of-chocolate/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 26, 2013 The International Cocoa organization provides free access to basic statistics on prices see the monthly market reviews.

• Live crime tracker, USA

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/06/14/live-crime-tracker-usa/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2024 From the University of Chicago’s Center on Public Safety and Justice  the Live Crime Tracker offers in-depth information on crime, violence and victimization in cities across the...