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The Taiwan National Treasure digital library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/06/the-taiwan-national-treasure-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 6, 2017 A new project which aims to create an online archive of official US documents about Taiwan, The materials obtained from the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will...
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Gender dynamics within the UN Security Council
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/20/gender-dynamics-within-the-un-security-council/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2024 The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library has completed a project to provide statistical data on the gender composition of the UN Security Council from 1946 onward.
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Astrophysics Seminar – Wed 24th Nov 3pm – Julie Wardlow (Lancaster)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/11/22/astrophysics-seminar-wed-24th-nov-3pm-julie-wardlow-lancaster/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 November 2021 This week’s astrophysics seminar will be by Julie Wardlow, on “Understanding the environments of extreme dusty star-formation in the distant Universe” Abstract: In recent years the high-redshift Universe has...
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Awardwinning documentary explores the hot and energetic universe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/award-winning-documentary-explores-the-hot-and-energetic-universe
An award-winning documentary produced by an international consortium of space researchers, including scientists from our Department of Physics and Astronomy, explores the breath-taking achievements of modern astronomy.
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Celebrating Chinese New Year at the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/24-chinese-new-year
Lunar New Year Message 2022 Professor Nishan Canagarajah President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Leicester sends his best wishes to everyone in the University of Leicester, China and around the world celebrating Lunar New Year.
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Japanese manga series to showcase women in the sciences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/japanese-manga-series-to-showcase-women-in-the-sciences
Dr Ana Verissimo from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences is combining her love for Japanese art with her passion for the sciences by launching a campaign to create the first instalment in a new manga series.
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University urges others to support The Big Help Out volunteer drive
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/big-help-out
A major Leicester institution with a proud history of supporting communities has thrown its weight behind a nationwide volunteering project which marks the Coronation of His Majesty the King.
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University life in the 1920s revealed through historical interview
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/university-life-in-the-1920s-revealed-through-historical-interview
A new project organised by our University is making a number of oral history interviews with people who lived during the 19th and 20th centuries available online.
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Report on the World Social Situation digitised
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/08/report-on-the-world-social-situation-digitised/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2019 The Dag Hammarskjöld Library has recently digitised back runs of the Report on the World Social Situation (RWSS) published between 1952 to 1993.
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Measuring the success of air quality interventions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/air-quality-interventions
A new paper examining the historic success of interventions to improve air quality and the resulting impact on better health and environmental outcomes, has recommended a joint solution co-created by scientists and policy leads to achieve longer lasting change.