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RSS feed from UN
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/13/rss-feed-from-un/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 13, 2012 Get the RSS feed from the U.N. Dag Hammarskjöld Library http://un-library.tumblr.
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Leveson inquiry
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/03/leveson-inquiry/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 3, 2012 LSE Media Policy Project is analysing reaction. Look at their blog for academic discussion: http://blogs.lse.ac.
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R-shief: tracking Arab public opinion
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/15/r-shief-tracking-arab-public-opinion/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 15, 2013 The new website is currently under development. It aggregates data from social media – Facebook, Twitter etc. to track public opinion from the Arab world.
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In-work poverty
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/22/in-work-poverty/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2014 Great posting from the European Parliamentary service posted by Verena Kern which links to EU related report with research and data covering all 28 EU nations.
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Online harassment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/27/online-harassment/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2014 How common is online harassment? According to a Pew Internet Project repor t 40% of Internet users in the USA have personally experienced online harassment, 73% have...
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Academy Awards
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/02/academy-awards/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2015 To mark the recent Oscars, here is some social science related research! Study the rhetoric (and find out which award winners cried) by consulting Who thanked Who a database of all...
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Conflict in the Philippines
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/30/conflict-in-the-philippines/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2015 The new Bangsamoro Conflict Monitoring System from Alert and the World Bank is collecting current and historic data on incidences of political violence in the region.
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Mark Purnell
https://le.ac.uk/people/mark-purnell
The academic profile of Professor Mark Purnell, Professor of Palaeobiology; Dean for Research Excellence at University of Leicester
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The impact of Pokémon Go to be explored at free public lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/the-impact-of-pokemon-go-to-be-explored-at-free-public-lecture
The social impact of viral augmented reality game Pokémon Go, which became a cultural phenomenon in 2016, will be explored during a free public lecture at our University on Wednesday 8 February between 4:00PM – 5:30PM.
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New research shows significant promise for Clostridium difficile infections
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/new-research-shows-significant-promise-for-clostridium-difficile-infections
A new study has confirmed the therapeutic potential of bacteriophage combinations to treat highly infectious bacteria C. difficile infections (CDI) while retaining a healthy gut.