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Security: Latin America and Caribbean
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/11/security-latin-america-and-caribbean/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2014 iGarapé Citizen Security Database This database maps security in 18 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean for the period 1999-2013.
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Is the Internet racist?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/is-the-internet-racist/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 A trending project called worldwhite.ne t is seeking to expose and use crowdsourcing power to correct, examples of ‘inherent racism in Google image searches’.
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Paragon Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/04/paragon-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2015 Institute of Economic Affairs launch Paragon Project The IEA is a free market think tank founded in 1955.
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Health Inequality Data Repository
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/health-inequality-data-repository/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 Just launched by the WHO, health inequalities data which is disaggregated showing how health is experienced by people of different ages, economic status, education levels, place of...
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1.1 million abusive tweets sent to women in 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/04/1-1-million-abusive-tweets-sent-to-women-in-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 4, 2019 …according to large-scale research undertaken by Amnesty International and Element AI , a global artificial intelligence software product company.
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The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/26/the-armed-conflict-location-event-data-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2020 ACLED’s political violence and protest data website now has a new feature in addition to the datasets which allow researchers to monitor emerging crises around...
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First Draft Coalition launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/28/first-draft-coalition-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 28, 2015 A new group of social media journalists, whose members include Bellingcat , Eyewitness Media Hub , Emergent , Meedan , Reported.
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Autonomy in the Workplace
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/09/07/autonomy-in-the-workplace/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on September 7, 2016 The life of a student, be it undergraduate or postgraduate, is often seen as one where the individual has significant autonomy in there day to day activities.
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Community bank
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/29/community-bank/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 29, 2024 Dave Fishwick speaks to Radio 4’s Gap Finders about his community bank Burnley Savings and Loans. Listen on BBC Sounds or Box of Broadcasts (both available in the UK only).
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Embed a YouTube video in Blackboard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/06/27/embed-a-youtube-video-in-blackboard/
Posted by Stephen Walker in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 27, 2016 Adding YouTube videos to your Blackboard course is a good way to provide engaging content.