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Nationwide strike action to start across higher education institutions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/22-strike
National strike action across higher education institutions will start on Monday 25 November 2019, after members of the University and College Union (UCU) voted in favour of action relating to changes to the USS pension scheme, pay and conditions.
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Carers and Parents Network
https://le.ac.uk/study/wellbeing/support-services/carers/carers-and-parents-network
If you are a student at Leicester with caring or parenting responsibilities, you can join our Carers and Parents Network. We want to provide you with the opportunity to meet others who may share your experiences, and to find out about the support available for you.
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University involved in international food crop study to address Global Challenges
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/university-involved-in-international-food-crop-study-to-address-global-challenges
Efforts to improve sustainable crop development are being spearheaded by a collaboration between the University of Leicester, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the University of Addis Ababa.
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Are Students addicted to their Mobile Phones?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/are-students-addicted-to-their-mobile-phones/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 Read this interesting exploratory paper. Hooked on Smartphones: An Exploratory Study on Smartphone Overuse among College Students by Uichin Lee et al.
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Social Media + Society – new OA journal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/15/social-media-society-new-oa-journal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2015 New open access ejournal which will ‘discuss the use of social media in past, present and future societies’.
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1929 election cartoons on women voters
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/08/1929-election-cartoons-on-women-voters/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2015 University of Kent archive has fascinating examples of cartoons from newspapers on how women will vote! Posted in Politics , Sociology | Tagged Democracy , Feminism , Politics ,...
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World Press Freedom Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/16/world-press-freedom-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2022 The World Press Freedom Index from RSF assesses the state of press freedom 180 nations worldwide, providing rankings and allowing comparisons over time.
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Talking Europe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/31/talking-europe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2019 A pan-European project , with independent funders such as VoxPop , which aims to engage citizens in online discussions about politics by using an algorithm to match them with someone from...
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Where do LGBT people live?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/03/where-do-lgbt-people-live/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2017 Data from the office of National Statistics which highlights sexual identity at a local authority level from 2013-2015. It also includes breakdown by age and gender.
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Mali magic
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/03/mali-magic/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2022 From the Google arts and culture website. This site was produced in association with UNESCO.