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• Well-being of the aged

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/06/10/wellbeing-of-the-aged/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2014 The Global Agewatch Index From HelpAge International ranks nations worldwide on their environment  for older persons.

• Are the rich getting richer?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/26/are-the-rich-getting-richer/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2015 According to Oxfam in research timed for the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos , in 2014, the richest 1% owned 48% of global wealth.

• North Korea Missile Test Database

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/12/north-korea-missile-test-database/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2017 Recently launched by James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, t his open access resource provides information on every test launch since 1984 allowing long-term monitoring of trends.

• Le Cas 68: Paris student protests history resource

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/18/le-cas-68-paris-student-protests-history-resource/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 18, 2018 This historical blog covers many of the key events and people that marked the spring of 1968.

• Living wage level raised

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/06/living-wage-level-raised/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2015 The level of the living wage was raised by 40p an hour this week to £8.25.

• NMC Horizon Report 2016 Higher Education Edition

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/nmc-horizon-report-2016-higher-education-edition/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 A collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative.  Download the full text from the website .

• New York Public Library Digital Collections enhanced access

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/new-york-public-library-digital-collections-enhanced-access/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 From January 2016 the New York Public library provides enhanced public domain access to its online collections which include thousands of stunning historical images.

• Documenting Hate News Index launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/29/documenting-hate-news-index-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 29, 2017 Propublica in association with Google News Lab and a data visualization studio called Pitch Interactive has launched a site about hate crimes and bias incidents in the USA.

• Award for ambitious and innovative project

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/award-for-ambitious-and-innovative-project

  Dr Richard Alexander (pictured) from the Department of Physics and Astronomy's Theoretical Astrophysics Group has won a prestigious £1.4 million award dedicated to ambitious and innovative projects.

• University of Leicester successfully awarded UK Community Renewal Fund

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/community-renewal-fund

  The University of Leicester has successfully received over £1 million from the UK Government through the UK Community Renewal Fund (CRF).