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rwatson
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/rrw11/
Archives and Special Collections Assistant, University of Leicester
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Using Adaptive Release to restrict access to content in Blackboard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/10/11/using-adaptive-release-to-restrict-access-to-content-in-blackboard/
Posted by Stephen Walker in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 11, 2016 The Blackboard Adaptive Release feature allows you to restrict access to areas of Blackboard such as content folders, and to content items such as...
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Is it really Social Media?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/10/12/is-it-really-social-media/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on October 12, 2018 One day this week I sat in a coffee shop with a friend. Two men of a certain age, we discussed the phenomena of social media with wonder.
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Ethnicity Facts and Figures website launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/16/ethnicity-facts-and-figures-website-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2017 This week a ground breaking site was launched by the UK government which provides facts and figures on race and ethnicity in the UK.
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Homelessness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/homelessness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 Councils struggling to cope with homeless people.
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Will people in the UK live shorter lives?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/03/will-people-in-the-uk-live-shorter-lives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2018 This week the newspapers reported that life expectancy is falling or stalled in the UK for the first time since records began, but what are the facts on this? Here are some useful...
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Beautiful and Artistic – Marbled Endpapers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/06/30/beautiful-and-artistic-marbled-endpapers/
Posted by Karin Li in Library and Learning Services on June 30, 2023 During my time here in Archives and Special Collections I want to highlight something I have found interesting – the distinct patterns found in some rare books.
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How well do we manage our financial lives?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/23/how-well-do-we-manage-our-financial-lives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2017 Interesting findings on high levels of debt and vulnerability and lack of financial knowledge among the British adult population in the first Financial Lives Survey 2017 released by...
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National student learning analytics service for HE and FE
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/24/national-student-learning-analytics-service-for-he-and-fe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 24, 2018 A new national learning analytics service has been launched by Jisc. It is the world’s first national student learning analytics service.
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ITUC Global Rights Index 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/23/ituc-global-rights-index-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 23, 2017 The latest annual report from the International Trade Union Federation ranks on the worse countries to work in in terms of trade union and labour protection.