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How much is an Oxbridge degree worth?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/22/how-much-is-an-oxbridge-degree-worth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2014 Released this week- interesting data in the Earning by Degree report from the Sutton Trust which considers differences in earnings from graduates from different universities and in...
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Using Data and Analytics in HE
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/29/using-data-and-analytics-in-he/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 29, 2022 Data and Analytics- EDUCAUSE 2022 This report from EDUCAUSE is useful in keeping track of recent and emerging technologies relating to data and analytics in...
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Women will take 118 years to achieve equality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/women-will-take-118-years-to-achieve-equality/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 A ccording to the World Economic Forum Global Gender report which ranks over 140 economies on health, economic, political and education factors.
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1 in 3 Muslim students suffered discrimination and abuse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/23/1-in-3-muslim-students-suffered-discrimination-and-abuse/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2018 The shocking findings from a recent NUS survey is that ‘1 in 3 Muslim students suffered discrimination and abuse’ In November 2017, NUS Women’s and Black Students’ campaigns undertook...
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World Bank eAtlas of Gender
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/07/world-bank-eatlas-of-gender/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2011 http://www.app.collinsindicate.
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How much debt do students have?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/13/how-much-debt-do-students-have/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2017 IFS has provided an estimate that students from ‘low-income families graduating with the highest debt levels, in excess of £57,000.
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UNESCO Data Centre
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/07/unesco-data-centre/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 7, 2014 UNESCO Institute for Statistics has launched a new enhanced data centre For details on the topic areas covered consult the main UNESCO website.
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University of Leicester named as one of the world’s most sustainable universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/17-worlds-most-sustainable-university-ui-greenmetric
UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2018 places the University of Leicester 35th in the world and 9th in the UK for sustainability.
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Leicester Professor becomes British Cardiovascular Society President
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/british-cardiovascular-society
Professor Andre Ng from the University of Leicester has officially taken over as President of the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) at its 2024 AGM in Manchester
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Universities and colleges receive 245 million to tackle sexual harassment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/universities-and-colleges-receive-ps2-45-million-to-tackle-sexual-harassment
HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) has awarded grants to over 60 projects in universities – including University of Leicester - and colleges across the country which address concerns about sexual violence and harassment on campus.