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Only 2% of children have the critical literacy skills they need to tell if a news story is real or f
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/22/only-2-of-children-have-the-critical-literacy-skills-they-need-to-tell-if-a-news-story-is-real-or-fake/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 22, 2018 According to the final report from the Commission on Fake News and the Teaching of Critical Literacy Skills which was established by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on...
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Leicester “leads the way” on new National Space Strategy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/uk-space-strategy
The University of Leicester has today (Monday) welcomed publication of the UK Government’s new National Space Strategy.
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Only 7% of people describe themselves as feminists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/only-7-of-people-describe-themselves-as-feminists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 According to the results from the 2016 Fawcett society state of the nation report only 4% men and 9% women polled labelled themselves as feminists.
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Does racial discrimination occur in British Universities?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/21/does-racial-discrimination-occur-in-british-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2015 Two recent reports have raised disturbing questions Exploring ethnic inequalities in admission to Russell Group universities. Boliver, V.
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Gender pay gap
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/22/gender-pay-gap/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2024 20th November 2024 is equal pay day, the day on which it is calculated that British women stop being paid compared to men so effectively there is a gap of over 5 weeks...
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Understanding Society Findings 2012
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/04/04/understanding-society-findings-2012/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 4, 2012 http://research.understandingsociety.org.uk/findings/findings-2012 Understanding Society contains headline findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Survey.
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Exhibition brings Wordsworth’s words to life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/wordsworth-exhibition
A multi-media exhibition led by a team of academics at the University of Leicester has launched at the Wordsworth Museum – one of the Lake District’s most popular tourist spots.
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Our environment over a billion years: travel through time into Leicester’s deep past
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/time-travelling-environmentalist
Experts at the University of Leicester host an evening exploring landscape change and biodiversity in the city and county on Thursday 23 March
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Automobility and the Urban Environment in Nagoya and Birmingham
https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/research/automobility-and-the-urban-environment-in-nagoya-and-birmingham
The University of Leicester's Leverhulme Trust Research Grant for the Automobility and the Urban Environment in Nagoya and Birmingham project.
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New report highlights ineffective treatment of people with multiple health conditions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/new-report-highlights-ineffective-treatment-of-people-with-multiple-health-conditions
A report from the Academy of Medical Sciences points to an alarming lack of information about multimorbidity - a scenario where a patient suffers several diseases simultaneously.