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A summit on tackling loneliness and social isolation in Leicestershire is being held this week
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/29-loneliness-social-isolation-summit
Lonely woman on bench 2275|The University of Leicester’s Unit for Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement (DICE) along with Leicestershire County Council are bringing together partners in the public, voluntary, business and education sectors to better understand the...
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Leicester Pride 2020 launches online – “still celebrating, just in a different way”
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/pride
Pride 2020 Virtual Pride Leicester 2020 BCw2ua5eODI|Today the University of Leicester and Leicester Students’ Union are delighted to join Leicester Pride 2020, along with fellow universities, and Students’ Unions at, De Montfort and Loughborough.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/people
Academics in the Centre for American Studies at Leicester are drawn from a number of other Schools and subject areas. Please see individual staff pages for further information.
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EU high earners
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/22/eu-high-earners/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2013 Where do bankers earn millions? Interesting European Bank central report on 2010-2011 salaries in EU nations.
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Poverty in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/01/poverty-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2014 The latest Joseph Rowntree Foundation annual monitoring report – 20% of working age adults without children are in poverty.
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How do recent graduates communicate?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/23/how-do-recent-graduates-communicate/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2015 Does the transition from college to the workplace effect how you communicate? This question was considered in a recent qualitative study by Google staff at the 48th Hawaii...
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Global Risks 2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/17/global-risks-2014/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 17, 2014 Global Risks 2014 Released by World Economic Forum. Analyses 31 global risks.
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Media use of Images
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/media-use-of-images/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 BagNews provides useful discussion between photojournalists and researchers on the framing of particular events using photographs.
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Article 50
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/31/article-50/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 31, 2017 The Prime Ministers Letter to Donald Tusk Triggering Article 50 is available online. It received the following statement by the European Council on the EU notification .
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A Global Survey of Journalism and AI
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/22/a-global-survey-of-journalism-and-ai/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2019 New from Polis think tank a study which reveals how artificial intelligence is currently being used by news services and what its future might be.