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Research identifies impact of teenage screen use
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/screen-use
Two thirds of children use more than one screen at the same time after school, in the evenings and at weekends as part of increasingly sedentary lifestyles, according to new research at the University of Leicester.
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UN and other peacekeeping sites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/31/un-and-other-peacekeeping-sites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2013 Useful UN materials include Official twitter account for the latest news. Past missions with a timeline of past missions.
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SIPRI
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/sipri/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 SIPRI Yearbook 2013 – f rom the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
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100 Voices that made the BBC – Elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/20/100-voices-that-made-the-bbc-election/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2015 A significant new audio and visual archive of historic election coverage released as part of a research project by the BBC and University of Sussex.
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Paternity Leave
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/paternity-leave/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Do Fathers Want Shared Paternity Leave? Interesting story this week from the BBC that fewer than 1 in 50 fathers are taking the new extra paternity leave.
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Race hate crime increasing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/race-hate-crime-increasing/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 The Community Security Trust is a charity that acts to support the Jewish community by campaigning against racism . It collects regular data on anti-semitism.
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International students aid UK economic growth
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/international-students-aid-uk-economic-growth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 According to the latest report from London First , foreign students in London add a total of £2.3 billion to the economy. However many find current immigration rules onerous.
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The Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/02/the-journal-of-learning-and-teaching-in-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2018 A new open-access journal produced by Leicester Learning Institute – The Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (JLTHE) – was launched this week.
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The World Elite Database project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/the-world-elite-database-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 The WED is an international consortium of scholars working together to develop a new standardized data regime to study and share data about elites across the world.
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Paris attacks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/paris-attacks/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 News reports Two useful sites which aggregate reports from other sources 24/7 News Now covers more than 40,000 sources. Country indicated by national flag next to the headline.