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Primero: New Humanitarian open source software
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/03/primero-new-humanitarian-open-source-software/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2017 A potentially life–saving service which aims to provide free access to software and tracking devices for case workers protecting women and children in disaster or conflict zones.
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Visualising Palestine
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/15/visualising-palestine/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2017 This award winning site was originally launched in 2012.
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American Federal reserve launch Facebook page
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/30/american-federal-reserve-launch-facebook-page/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 30, 2016 On the first day of its launch the new Facebook page received 11,00 likes but it is was also widely criticised.
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Quality of Government OECD data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/quality-of-government-oecd-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 QoG OECD Data is compiled by an independent research institute within the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg.
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The World of RePEc
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/24/the-world-of-repec/
Posted by William Farrell in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 24, 2017 A new paper explores the world of RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) the major database of economics papers.
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Natural Heroes
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/all/natural-heroes
The Natural Heroes is a collection of interviews with Natural Historians in regards to their work and their lives. Get more information about the project.
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The Archaeology of World Religions
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar3075
Module code: AR3075 This module offers an overview of the archaeology of religious belief, focussing on six major world religions; Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism and Buddhism.
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Specialisms
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mu7020
Module code: MU7020 Your specialism will give you an opportunity to develop expertise within a particular area of museum studies, such as the natural environment, heritage, education, global museologies and the digital world.
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Graduate named Young Poet Laureate for London
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/graduate-named-young-poet-laureate-for-london
Poet Selina Nwulu, who graduated from the University with a degree in French and Italian from the School of Modern Languages, has been named Young Poet Laureate for London. An article in The Guardian outlines how Selina started to write poetry and her plans ahead.
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Medieval skeletons discovered at Leicester Castle
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/medieval-skeletons-discovered-at-leicester-castle
A team of Leicester archaeologists has uncovered medieval human remains at Leicester Castle. The skeletons, discovered by builders while laying new electrical cables, have yet to be radiocarbon dated or identified but it is thought they may be six or seven centuries old.