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Online fact-checking – a growing trend
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/06/online-fact-checking-a-growing-trend/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 6, 2016 A recent report from the Reuters Institute has traced the rise of political fact-checking sites in Europe. It recorded 113 such groups are active today.
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Prague Spring – 50 years on
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/24/prague-spring-50-years-on/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 24, 2018 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Prague Spring, a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union.
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The Public Voice of Women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/the-public-voice-of-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 The Public Voice of Women Read the transcript or listen to the podcast of the London Review of Books lecture by academic Mary Beard delivered in March 2014.
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Research skills training in May and June
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/05/12/research-skills-training-in-may-and-june/
Research skills training being run in May and June 2025 at the University for Leicester for research students and research staff.
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Where are employees the happiest?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/where-are-employees-the-happiest/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 Find out in the latest Edenred-Ipsos Barometer survey Ipsos interviewed over 14,000 workers in 15 nations in January 2016.
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International Women’s Day: some free statistics which show why it is necessary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/16/international-womens-day-some-free-statistics-which-show-why-it-is-necessary/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2020 Here are some free statistics which show why the fight for gender equality is necessary: The Office for National Statistics records the current gender pay gap as 17.3% in 2019.
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Flaounes starred on BBC1 ‘Great British Bake Off’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/09/10/flaounes-starred-on-bbc1-great-british-bake-off/
Posted by Deborah Toner in Consuming Authenticities on September 10, 2015 Flaounes were the start of Britain’s favourite baking competition, ‘Great British Bake Off’.
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Ageing in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/15/ageing-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 15, 2013 A new report is available from The House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change http://www.parliament.
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Arab human rights and democracy: useful resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/25/arab-human-rights-and-democracy-useful-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 25, 2013 The Arab Human Development reports http://www.arab-hdr.
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Development data library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/development-data-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 USAID Library relaunched with enhanced data. This website provides information on projects supported from its funding.