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Pepys: teaching resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/22/pepys-teaching-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 22, 2024 Professor Kate Loveman (School of Arts, University of Leicester) has created a new collection of educational resources for key stage 1 & 2 about Samuel Pepys and his times.
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Research observatory
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/digital-culture/research-observatory
Digital Culture Research Observatories is a Global Network for Advancing Innovation, Cultural and Creative Industries Research
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Connecting Africa
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/connecting-africa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 Connecting-Africa is supported by the Netherlands African Studies Association (NVAS). It provides free access to digital resources on Africa.
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Kae Tempest
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/11/30/kae-tempest/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2023 Documentary about trans rapper, playwright, novelist and poet Kae Tempest. Follows them on their rap tour but also as they transition. Only available to watch in the UK.
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Nashriyah: digital Iranian historic newspapers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/nashriyah-digital-iranian-historic-newspapers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 The University of Manchester now provides free access to a digital library of Iranian newspapers .
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Are emojis sexist?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/13/are-emojis-sexist/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 13, 2016 Certainly Google engineers think so as they recently submitted a proposal to Unicode: s ee Expanding Emoji Professions: Reducing Gender Inequality for 13 proposed designs to...
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Black Social Worker Oral History Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/black-social-worker-oral-history-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 This project is led by staff at Coventry University’s Centre for Peace and Security.
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Do private school students earn more?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/20/do-private-school-students-earn-more/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 20, 2015 The latest study from the Sutton Trust examined the salaries of private school educated graduates and compared them with those who attended state schools.
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Digital Asia Hub – Launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/04/digital-asia-hub-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 4, 2015 A new independent, non-profit Internet and society research think tank based in Hong Kong.
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Open the Door: social science research for development and a sustainable future
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/open-the-door-social-science-research-for-development-and-a-sustainable-future/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 New publication from the European Commission . Download the full text in PDF from the website.