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2018 State of the World’s Volunteerism Report: The thread that binds
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/03/2018-state-of-the-worlds-volunteerism-report-the-thread-that-binds/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2018 The United Nations has just released its annual report on volunteering. It has estimations on the extent of volunteering by nation and gender.
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Increasing domestic violence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/01/increasing-domestic-violence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2019 Two shocking reports published this week.
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Sophie Dumville
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/author/sad34/
Careers: Work experience with the SAPPHIRE research group – Aisha Seedat Posted by Sophie Dumville in SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch) on June 22, 2018 SAPPHIRE recently had the opportunity to have a Health Studies undergraduate student,...
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Events in Leicester this October 2017 for Black History Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/04/events-in-leicester-this-october-2017-for-black-history-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2017 Phoenix Square marks Black History Month with a series of films programmed by local arts organisation Serendipity, in partnership with the University of Leicester, a one-off...
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Archiving Richard III
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/04/23/archiving-richard-iii/
Posted by rmaguire in Library and Learning Services on April 23, 2025 King Richard III by Unknown artist oil on panel, late 16th century © National Portrait Gallery, London In November 2023 I began a two-year project to bring together the digital records generated by the...
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Gender equality data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/03/gender-equality-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2012 World Bank: http://datatopics.worldbank.org/gender/ United Nations Commission for Europe statistics database: section on men and women in Europe http://www.unece.
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Disseminating your research
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/03/disseminating-your-research/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 3, 2012 http://cuba.coventry.ac.uk/emrsg/units/dissemination/ A useful online tutorial for researchers created by the East Midlands Research Support Group (EMRSG).
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Nielsen social media report 2012
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/nielsen-social-media-report-2012/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Nielsen social media report 2012 , subtitled social media comes of age, focuses mainly on the USA & has good graphics showing total time spent and the most...
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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.
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SIPRI
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/sipri/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 SIPRI Yearbook 2013 – f rom the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).