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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/35/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Event to explore how arts and culture can better reflect our diverse society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/event-to-explore-how-arts-and-culture-can-better-reflect-our-diverse-society
A panel of industry experts will discuss how we can make workforce diversity the responsibility of everyone in arts and culture, and why it is important to support BAME role models and leaders, during an event organised by our CAMEo Research Institute for Cultural...
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Say my name right
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/say-my-name-right/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 Say my Name Right is a shareable resource developed by Dr Hannah Deakin-Smith and Dr Jane Pilcher of Nottingham Trent University.
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What is the world’s most influential think tank?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/02/what-is-the-worlds-most-influential-think-tank/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2015 Find out by checking the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report released by the University of Pennsylvania .
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Internet access around the world. Who’s connected?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/20/internet-access-around-the-world-whos-connected/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2015 The ITU provides free access to some data on Internet access worldwide. It gives the figures.
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Consumer behaviour in the UK (Black Friday/Christmas)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/consumer-behaviour-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 PWC retail outlook has predictions for the UK economy It also has the results of a recent survey on predicted shopping/ consumer behaviour for Black Friday in 2017.
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Has the Gender pay gap worsened?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/12/has-the-gender-pay-gap-worsened/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 12, 2019 Though things are slowly improving at the University of Leicester , the media has reported that gap in wages between men and women is widening.
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Britains membership of the EU will remain vital in securing our influence across Europe and all over the world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/britains-membership-of-the-eu-will-remain-vital-in-securing-our-influence-across-europe-and-all-over-the-world
Professor Clare Anderson (pictured) from the School of History has written an article discussing some of the positive benefits of EU membership and how it is vital in securing our influence across Europe and all over the world.
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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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Awards for our University from the Royal Astronomical Society
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/awards-for-our-university-from-the-royal-astronomical-society
A leading academic from our University is to receive a prize this week from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Professor Mark Lester, of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is Chair of the SuperDARN executive council and currently leads the project.