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Corruption in the management of technology threatens public safety, says University of Leicester academic in new book
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/corruption
Read more about the new book by Dr Simon Bennett, Corruption and the Management of Public Safety: The Governance of Technological Systems
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Leicester team to feature on University Challenge Christmas series
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/university-challenge
As well as providing the 1963-winning team, the University of Leicester has also seen other firsts: in 1974, Sandya Narayansami became the first Indian woman to compete on the show, her team beating St John’s College, Oxford.
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Disability podcasts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/09/disability-podcasts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2024 Professor Colin Blackmore has created a series of podcasts with British disability activists. The latest, with Professor Colin Barnes, is on the sociology of disability.
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MDB Reform Accelerator
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/mdb-reform-accelerator/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 MDB Reform Accelerator Multilateral Development Banks, or MDBs, are supranational institutions set up by sovereign states, which are their shareholders.
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The value of Libraries
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/the-value-of-libraries/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 Neil Gaiman writes for the Guardian about the value of libraries for children and adults alike http://www.theguardian.
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Right to education: global database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/07/right-to-education-global-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2014 Right to education global database New from UNESCO a gateway to information on legal and civil rights relating to education worldwide.
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UN Women constitutional database launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/12/20/un-women-constitutional-database-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 20, 2013 http://constitutions.unwomen.org/ Use this great new resource to find out provisions relating to gender in constitutions worldwide.
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24% of students from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds have experience racial harassment in UK universitie
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/25/24-of-students-from-ethnic-minority-backgrounds-have-experience-racial-harassment-in-uk-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 25, 2019 Shocking new report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission has these findings. Get the methodology and facts by downloading the report.
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HIV and adolescent girls
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/08/hiv-and-adolescent-girls/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 8, 2014 Girls disproportionately affected by HIV Although the death toll from AIDS has fallen by 30% since 2005, a recent report from UNICEF shows that rates remain high among...
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https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/7/
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