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University of Leicester joins major new campaign committed to action on climate
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/climate-action
Just four in 10 parents of 16 to 18-year-olds in the East Midlands believe that UK universities are equipping the next generation of students with knowledge about climate change, according to new research from Universities UK.
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Highlights for the School of Geography’s research in REF2021
https://le.ac.uk/geography/ref2021
Geography research highlights in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.
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Leicester International Institute, Dalian University of Technology
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/study/undergraduate/leicester-international-institute
The Department of Engineering is proud to be one of the first departments at Leicester to participate in this exciting new venture between the University of Leicester and Dalian University of Technology.
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Gender statistics database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/gender-statistics-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) (an autonomous body of the European Union) has just launched a new gender statistics database for researchers which enables easy comparisons...
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What do students want from university?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/23/what-do-students-want-from-university/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 23, 2017 Interesting new study released by Comres for Universities UK entitled Education, consumer rights and maintaining trust , focuses on how students view their roles as consumers –...
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State of the Nation (UK) 2023
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/18/state-of-the-nation-uk-2023/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2023 State of the Nation 2023: People and Places The latest annual social mobility index includes a written report and data explorer.
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Fighting Disinformation Online: Building the Database of Web Tools
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/fighting-disinformation-online-building-the-database-of-web-tools/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 A new report from think tank Rand describes the building of the database which has links to useful sources for researchers on detecting spam, codes, credibility scoring,...
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More years better lives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/31/more-years-better-lives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 31, 2011 http://www.jp-demographic.eu/process the EU programme on demographic change is a central point for finding the latest social science research in ageing across Europe.
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Where is the best place to be a woman?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-woman/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 According to the 2014 Global Gender Gap report issued by the World Economic Forum – Iceland is top of the rankings.
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Global Childhood report published
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/10/global-childhood-report-published/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2019 Save the Children has just published its third annual report which examines the condition of children in different nations worldwide.