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Leicester astronomer pays tribute to ground-breaking Gaia mission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/gaia-milky-way
Mission to map our sky for over a decade includes University of Leicester astronomers
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Academic presents research on silence in Japans second language classrooms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/academic-presents-research-on-silence-in-japan2019s-second-language-classrooms
Dr Jim King from the School of Arts has recently presented research in London to an audience of Japan experts and educationalists into why Japanese students are often reluctant to speak in a second language in classes in Japan.
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Satellite data to help map endangered monkey populations on Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/satellite-data-to-help-map-endangered-monkey-populations-on-earth
A team of scientists led by the Universities of Leicester and East Anglia are leading research to protect wildlife by using satellite data to identify monkey populations that have declined through hunting.
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University welcomes new Black Health Data Scientist interns
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/breathe
The University of Leicester is to welcome two new Black Health Data Scientist interns to BREATHE: Health Data Research Hub for Respiratory Health, who have been recruited as part of a UK-wide initiative run by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK).
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Training the next generation of Black health data scientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/black-health-data
The University of Leicester has partnered with Health Data Research UK and BREATHE – The Health Data Research Hub for Respiratory Health to offer an internship programme providing paid work experience to future Black data scientists; a group currently under-represented within...
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Twitter release data on state-backed propaganda from Iran and Russia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/26/twitter-release-data-on-state-backed-propaganda-from-iran-and-russia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2018 https://about.twitter.com/en_us/values/elections-integrity.
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Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/04/research-data-journal-for-the-humanities-and-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2015 A new free open access journal from Brill and a number of research institutes based in the Netherlands seeks to highlight research based on data.
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Social, Political and Economic Event Database (SPEED) Project Data.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/social-political-and-economic-event-database-speed-project-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 … comprises data on de-stabilising events such as coups, revolutions and political and economic upheaval. Analysis has been made from a global news archive.
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The International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) Data Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/07/the-international-aid-transparency-initiative-iati-data-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 7, 2012 http://www.iatiregistry.org/ The IATI Seeks to make data about Aid spending easier to use and understand. A list of the major organisations involved is on the website.
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The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/26/the-armed-conflict-location-event-data-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2020 ACLED’s political violence and protest data website now has a new feature in addition to the datasets which allow researchers to monitor emerging crises around...