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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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Is the Internet racist?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/is-the-internet-racist/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 A trending project called worldwhite.ne t is seeking to expose and use crowdsourcing power to correct, examples of ‘inherent racism in Google image searches’.
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PhD projects
https://le.ac.uk/stanley-burton/research/projects/phd-projects
See current PhD projects being undertaken by students involved in The Stanley Burton Centre at the University of Leicester.
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International Women’s Day: some free statistics which show why it is necessary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/16/international-womens-day-some-free-statistics-which-show-why-it-is-necessary/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2020 Here are some free statistics which show why the fight for gender equality is necessary: The Office for National Statistics records the current gender pay gap as 17.3% in 2019.
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European Union Open Data Portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/09/european-union-open-data-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 9, 2015 The EU Open Data Portal provides access to a range of data from EU institutions including Eurostat, the Joint Research Centre and the European Environment Agency.
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How much debt do students have?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/13/how-much-debt-do-students-have/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2017 IFS has provided an estimate that students from ‘low-income families graduating with the highest debt levels, in excess of £57,000.
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Historic US government publications now online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/11/historic-us-government-publications-now-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2017 It is now possible to search issues of the US Congressional Record (which comprises the debates and proceedings of the United States Congress and the history of Bills and other...
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Eurostat
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/09/eurostat/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 9, 2015 The statistical office of the European Union provides high quality statistics on the European economy, demographics, industry, trade, environment and technology.
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Watergate digital records
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/06/24/watergate-digital-records/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2022 From the US National Archives and Records Administration To mark the 50th anniversary of the break-in on June 17, 1972 which led eventually led to the resignation of American President...
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Data.gov.in
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/data-gov-in/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 A new initiative to provide free open access to statistical data from the Indian government.