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The UK Insecure Work Index 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/the-uk-insecure-work-index-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 The latest annual index from the Work Foundation shows that, in 2023, an estimated 6.8 million people (21.4%) were in severely insecure work, an increase of 500,000 from 2022.
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Race and Health Observatory to work with UK academic team to explore impact of long-COVID on UK healthcare workers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/reach-out
The NHS Race and Health Observatory has today announced the start of a three-year study to investigate the long-term impact of COVID on NHS healthcare workers (HCWs) across the UK from diverse ethnic backgrounds and roles.
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Does fashion contribute to the UK economy?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/24/does-fashion-contribute-to-the-uk-economy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 24, 2018 I n London Fashion Week we consider how much fashion contributes to the economy.
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Leicester research now ranked Top 30 in the UK (Times Higher Education analysis of REF 2021)
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/ref-2021
The University of Leicester has made one of the biggest climbs of any UK university in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, published on Thursday.
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United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/02/united-nations-monthly-bulletin-of-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2012 2000 onwards free online: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs/app/mbssearch2.
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Universitys Botanic Garden to host Plant Sale Family Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/universitys-botanic-garden-to-host-plant-sale-family-day
The University’s Botanic Garden, on Glebe Road in Oadby, is to host the next of its popular Plant Sale & Family Days on Sunday 1 July, 10.00am – 5.00pm.
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Student and alumnus to take on 3100 mile trek across the USA
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/student-and-alumnus-to-take-on-3-100-mile-trek-across-the-usa
Two amateur hikers from our University are daring to take on a gruelling walk across the diverse landscape of the United States, documenting the extraordinary environments that they travel through.
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The UK’s humanitarian aid cuts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/the-uks-humanitarian-aid-cuts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 There have been proposed cuts to the UK aid budget. For some background and reactions to the proposed cuts see these useful resources: The 0.
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Does the UK have a digital skills crisis?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/does-the-uk-have-a-digital-skills-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 According to the latest report by the Science and Technology select committee the ‘ evidence is clear that the UK faces a digital skills crisis’. ‘…up to 12.
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Unique Iron Age shield found by Leicester archaeologists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/23-enderby-iron-age-bark-shield
A unique bark shield from the Iron Age has been discovered by archaeologists from the University of Leicester, the only one of its kind ever found in Europe.