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• What happens when gender quotas are introduced for  academic hiring committees?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/18/what-happens-when-gender-quotas-are-introduced-for-academic-hiring-committees/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2019 Interesting working paper covering the situation in France which found that after gender quota in academic hiring committees were imposed in France in 2015 there was a negative impact...

• Is AI reinforcing Gender Biases?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/is-ai-reinforcing-gender-biases/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 Yes, according to the latest report from UNESCO entitled I’d blush if I could: closing gender divides in digital skills through education   The 145-page report feels that there is...

• The Scottish Suffragette Cities Project

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/09/the-scottish-suffragette-cities-project/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2019 New website from Robert Gordon University  which aims to map the struggle for the women’s vote in Scotland.

• Are 15-year-olds prepared to deal with fake news and misinformation?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/17/are-15-year-olds-prepared-to-deal-with-fake-news-and-misinformation/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2021 A report launched by the OECD this week   Data based on the cross-national PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) surveys.

• World Development Indicators 2015

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/27/world-development-indicators-2015/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2015 The latest annual report and data has just been released by the World Bank.

• Celebrating Austerity

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/07/15/celebrating-austerity/

  Posted by Daniela Rudloff in School of Business Blog on July 15, 2015 Iain Duncan Smith MP was in uncharacteristically exuberant mood during last week’s Budget speech. Daniela Rudloff , Lecturer at the School and Director of Undergraduate Studies, was not.

• Kevin Harrup

  https://le.ac.uk/people/kevin-harrup

  The academic profile of Other Kevin Harrup, Head of Operating Department Practice Education at University of Leicester

• DNA, genes and chromosomes

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/dna

  The study of DNA is crucial for developing new treatments and other modern day problems. Here at The University of Leicester we provide a range of information for different levels of education to aid studies.

• Liven your lectures – engage your students with an active learning approach

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/05/09/liven-your-lectures-engage-your-students-with-an-active-learning-approach/

  Posted by Rachel Tunstall in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on May 9, 2018   Active learning is an umbrella term for learning and teaching methods which put the student in charge of their own learning through meaningful activities.

• Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/161/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester