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How reading increases your life expectancy by 26 years!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/how-reading-increases-your-life-expectancy-by-26-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 World Book day was celebrated on Thursday What are the benefits of reading? The Reading Agency quotes a number of studies on economic, health and well-being and educational impacts...
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African Online Digital Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/20/african-online-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 20, 2015 The African Online Digital Library is a collaborative project between MATRIX, the Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, the African Studies Center, and universities...
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Bank of Mum and Dad fund 25% of Mortgages
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/06/bank-of-mum-and-dad-fund-25-of-mortgages/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2016 According to the latest research report from Legal and General and Centre for Economics and Business research (CEBR) in 2016 the high cost of housing means that 25% of all mortgage...
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100 Voices that made the BBC – Elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/20/100-voices-that-made-the-bbc-election/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2015 A significant new audio and visual archive of historic election coverage released as part of a research project by the BBC and University of Sussex.
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New United States elections (and other political) web archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/17/new-united-states-elections-and-other-political-web-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2018 The Library of Congress has just released a mass of themed web archive collections.
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Paris attacks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/paris-attacks/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 News reports Two useful sites which aggregate reports from other sources 24/7 News Now covers more than 40,000 sources. Country indicated by national flag next to the headline.
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British Police and Race
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/05/police-and-race/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2015 British Police and Race The Centre for Crime and Justice has just provided free access to a collection of articles under the heading #BlackLivesMatter which discuss aspects of policing...
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Refugees tell their stories
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/02/12/refugees-tell-their-stories/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on February 12, 2014 Undergraduate students from the School of English are helping twelve refugees from across the world express their personal tales of struggle and hardship by helping them publish a book of their creative...
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Challenging the notion of ‘neutrality’ in social media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/02/11/challenging-the-notion-of-neutrality-in-social-media/
Challenging the notion of 'neutrality' in social media University of Leicester School of English Staff blogs
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British Library for Development Studies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/05/british-library-for-development-studies/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2015 A marvellous site to explore as more full content is being added is the British Library for Development Studies (BLDS). Get free aces to materials not readily available elsewhere.