Search

16285 results for: ‘%s’

• 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.

• 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.

• 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...

• 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...

• 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.

• Distance Learning Events

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/study/distance-learning/distance-learning-events

  As a distance learning student at the School of Business you will have the opportunity to participate in the annual Leicester Masterclass - a week long residential that takes place at Brookfield.

• Resources

  https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/events/resources

  Access free online resources about good practices to work with or teach students from refugee backgrounds

• Demographic data UK

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/22/demographic-data-uk/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2013 By 2016 most parents will be unmarried Latest birth data from the National office of Statistics  sees an increase in children born to unmarried parents.

• UN and other peacekeeping sites

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/31/un-and-other-peacekeeping-sites/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2013 Useful UN materials include Official twitter account for the latest news. Past missions with a  timeline of past missions.

• Anti-corruption

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/07/anti-corruption/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2014 EU launches major anti corruption report This surveys the situation in each of the member states, allowing cross country comparisons.