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Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK and EU, 2005-20
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/01/18/poverty-and-social-exclusion-in-the-uk-and-eu-2005-20/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2013 http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/household-income/poverty-and-social-exclusion-in-the-uk-and-eu/2005-2011/rpt–poverty-and-social-exclusion.
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Economy of Cyprus
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/22/economy-of-cyprus/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2013 Find some back ground data on the ongoing crisis. Get Euro area debt data from the ECB: http://www.ecb.int/stats/gov/html/dashboard.en.
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Data on child poverty
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/17/data-on-child-poverty/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2012 The TransMONEE database: Data on children in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States: this database is associated with with the UNICEF MONEE project on...
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The Campaign for Social Science
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/01/21/the-campaign-for-social-science/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 21, 2011 http://www.campaignforsocialscience.org.uk/ A campaign to fight for the future of social science in the UK was launched yesterday (20th January) at the House of Lords.
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Flooding
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/03/flooding/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 3, 2012 The Global Risk data platform is a multiple agencies (partners include UNEP) effort to share spatial data information on global risk from natural hazards this includes floods,...
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Economics of the Oscars
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/13/economics-of-the-oscars/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2018 As the winners of the Academy awards 2018 have been announced, here are some social science sites for locating materials on the economics of the Oscars.
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International Day to remember slavery
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/30/international-day-to-remember-slavery/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 30, 2016 23 rd August was the designated International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition .
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British-built satellite launches to map Earth’s forests in 3D for the first time with Leicester expertise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/british-satellite-launches-map-earths-forests-leicester
A satellite developed by British academics and engineers, including expertise from the University of Leicester, is set to become the first in the world to measure accurately the condition and carbon mass of the Earth’s forests from space.
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Exposure to aircraft noise linked to worse heart function
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/aircraft-heart
University of Leicester researchers worked with UCL on analysis of heart imaging data from people who lived close to major airports in England.
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Discovery of interior wonders reveal Rutland villa owners' lavish lifestyle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/roman
New evidence points to the complex housing one of Britain’s earliest barn conversions