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• World Friendship Day – July 30th

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/03/world-friendship-day-july-30th/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2018 World Friendship day- why it is bad to be lonely ? 30th July was designated International day of friendship by the United Nations.

• European Digital City Index 2016

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/european-digital-city-index-2016/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 Launched by Nesta to measure how well cities support start-ups and digital entrepreneurs.  This year it has expanded and now covers 60 cities.

• UNESCO Open Access Publications

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/24/unesco-open-access-publications/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2013 UNESCO publications on open access Get free access to high quality publications from UNESCO which has a agreed a new open access policy.

• RTE Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/16/rte-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2012 http://www.rte.

• Refugees Deeply

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/08/refugees-deeply/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2016 Independent digital media journalism site which aims to cover the refugee crisis  indepth. Other independent journalism sites on this topic which are worth checking.

• Prison Reform

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/prison-reform/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016   This week the RSA published an interesting scoping paper on the future prison .  Browse their website to see other examples discussing the role and future reform of prisons.

• Many access news on smartphones

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/many-access-news-on-smartphones/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 According to a number of recent research studies many people are now using their smartphones. A report from the Knight Foundation recently found that , 89% of the U.S.

• Aortic aneurysms

  https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/intervention/aneurysms

  Vascular surgery research at Leicester, led by Professor Matt Bown, has a major interest in the clinico-pathological mechanisms underlying the development of abdominal aortic aneurysms.

• Sustainability, Development and Fairness

  https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/humanity-space/sustainability-development-and-fairness

  Sustainability, Development and Fairness strand of the Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space (LCHS)

• Leicester pioneers introduce novel new imaging autopsy service to the NHS

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/leicester-pioneers-introduce-novel-new-imaging-autopsy-service-to-the-nhs

  Researchers from the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust have introduced an alternative method to diagnose the cause of death, which in many cases can replace the need for the traditional invasive autopsy.