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• Welcome New Students!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/09/26/welcome-new-students/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on September 26, 2016   A warm welcome from Special Collections to new students starting this autumn! Here are my top tips to ease you into university life (with a little help from the University Archives).

• Opportunity to study and work in Hong Kong

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/study/postgraduate/study-in-hong-kong

  The University of Leicester School of Business offers an exciting partnership with Lingnan University, Hong Kong allowing you to study in two cities, gain two degrees and numerous international work opportunities.

• Are women under-represented in the news?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/01/are-women-under-represented-in-the-news/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2015 Yes according to the latest Global Media Monitoring Project  report which found that they represented only 25% of those heard, read about or seen in the news 2015, the same...

• Digital Exclusion

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/digital-exclusion/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 Digital Exclusion Heatmap Get data on the extent and nature of digital exclusion in the today using this handy map from charity Go On.

• Prolife Newsletters Digital Collection

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/prolife-newsletters-digital-collection/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 Get an insight into the challenges faced by American women campaigners for the right to choose by consulting this new online collection from Georgia State University .

• The unhappiest people in the UK are those aged 45-59

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/the-unhappiest-people-in-the-uk-are-those-aged-45-59/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 According to the latest 3 year survey from the office for National Statistics .  Find out more from the website.

• Informal sector indicators

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/01/12/informal-sector-indicators/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2024 ILO informal sector indicators are being developed. See more here . Also now available, the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROFILES) database.

• Under reporting of missing and murdered indigenous women (Canada and US)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/02/under-reporting-of-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-canada-and-us/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2018 The MMIW Database logs cases of missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and two spirit people in Canada and the United States, from 1900 to the present.

• Health Inequality Data Repository

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/health-inequality-data-repository/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 Just launched by the WHO, health inequalities data which is disaggregated showing how health is experienced by people of different ages, economic status, education levels, place of...

• 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.