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Conflict Trends Update and Global Peace Index Launch 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/conflict-trends-update-and-global-peace-index-launch-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 The latest report published annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). Find out which nation is graded as the most peaceful. Full methodology provided on the website.
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Andrew Dunn: Page 202
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/202/
Academic Librarian.
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2001 - 2005
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2001-05
Expedition 310 Tahiti Sea Level Fall 2005 The IODP Tahiti Sea Level Expedition 310 in 2005 was initiated to investigate global sea level rise since the last glacial maximum, approximately 23,000 years ago, to learn more about the timing and course of past global sea level...
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Chang’e 5: China launches Sample Return Mission to the Moon
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/26/change-5-china-launches-sample-return-mission-to-the-moon/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 November 2020 Professor John Bridges reports on the successful launch of a new Chinese mission to return samples from the Moon, in this blog post reprinted from The Conversation .
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Cartooning in South Africa: Jonathan Zapiro on the Post-Apartheid ‘Rainbow Nation’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/01/11/cartooning-south-africa-jonathan-zapiro-post-apartheid-rainbow-nation/
Political cartoonist Jonathan Zapiro (South Africa) is interviewed by Shout Out UK Young Writer Laura Brick.
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Phenomenal space explosion astonishes Leicester researchers and shines a light on our own galaxy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/gamma-ray-burst-swift
University of Leicester researchers have played crucial roles in discovering and analysing a gamma-ray burst at least 10 times brighter than anything NASA’s Swift mission has seen before.
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Booker Prize winner 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/14/booker-prize-winner-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 14, 2024 Congratulations to Samantha Harvey on winning the Booker Prize with Orbital. Find it in the library Reading Lounge (Ground floor) at 823.92 HAR.
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EDUCAUSE Horizon Report 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/05/24/educause-horizon-report-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2024 The 2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report provides insight into what experts worldwide think are the ongoing and future trends for teaching and learning in HE.
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ACLED Conflict Index 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/12/13/acled-conflict-index-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2024 ACLED Conflict Index 2024 Get reputable data from the team who measure and assess political violence worldwide using indicators based on deadliness, danger to civilians, geographic...
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Explosive Weapons Monitor 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/06/13/explosive-weapons-monitor-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 13, 2025 The Explosive Weapons Monitor is an initiative of the International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW), a partnership of non-governmental organisations.