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Phil Evans
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/philip_evans/
Dr Phil Evans, Swift Development Scientist, develops tools and techniques to facilitate the exploitation of x-ray data from Swift for astrophysical research. Follow him on Twitter @swift_phil.
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Observing Jupiter’s aurora from the top of a Volcano
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/01/observing-jupiters-aurora-from-the-top-of-a-volcano/
Posted by Rosie Johnson in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on July 1, 2016 As part of the ground based support for the Juno mission, I visited the Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii, in February through to the beginning of March this year.
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Leading Through Excellence: Lessons from Teach First
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2018/08/09/leading-through-excellence-lessons-from-teach-first/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on August 9, 2018 As an American twenty-something making a killing working in London, Brett Wigdortz might not be who we would expect to radically reinvigorate state education in England.
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Book Group: Black Mischief
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/11/20/blackmischief/
Summary of a Evelyn Waugh Book Group discussion about Black Mischief, held at Leicester Central Library on 08/11/2015.
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22nd March was World Water Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/22nd-march-was-world-water-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 The official website has details on this year’s theme water and work. It includes a link to the full text of the 2016 UN World Water Development Report.
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Where is the riskiest place to live?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/where-is-the-riskiest-place-to-live/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 Download the latest world ranking from United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security. It considers risk from extreme natural events and ranks 117 nations.
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Human Rights
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/01/human-rights/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2013 20 years OHCHR (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) A new official website to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this major UN agency . It includes news and links to key achievements.
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Cities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/cities-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Cities of Opportunity Interesting new report on urban demographics from PriceWaterHouse Cooper. Covers 30 major cities worldwide.
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National Archives: Olympic record
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/21/national-archives-olympic-record/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 21, 2012 http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/olympics/ A specialist section of pages created by the National archives to highlight their Olympic and Paralympic games holdings.
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Migrant Files
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/18/migrant-files/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2016 An award winning data journalism website coordinated by Journalism ++ with input from 15 nations.