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Leicester ranked amongst prestigious top 100 universities in Europe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-ranked-amongst-prestigious-top-100-universities-in-europe
The University of Leicester has been ranked amongst the top universities in Europe by a new ranking of elite institutions across the continent.
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Leicester type 2 diabetes programme significantly improves health outcomes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/leicester-type-2-diabetes-programme-2018significantly2019-improves-health-outcomes
People who take part in a type 2 diabetes education programme developed in Leicester say it makes them feel “empowered” to manage their condition better.
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Rosa Parks digital collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/rosa-parks-digital-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 Just released by the Library of Congress, this great new online resource celebrating the life, civil rights achievements and legacy of Rosa Parks whose refusal to give up a seat to a...
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How can UK universities improve the teaching of quantitative research methods in the Social Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/how-can-uk-universities-improve-the-teaching-of-quantitative-research-methods-in-the-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 This is the topic of a major new report just published by the British Academy . It calls for a greater emphasis upon developing skills more extensively and earlier in courses.
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Health Inequality Data Repository
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/health-inequality-data-repository/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 Just launched by the WHO, health inequalities data which is disaggregated showing how health is experienced by people of different ages, economic status, education levels, place of...
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For South Asian Heritage Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/28/for-south-asian-heritage-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2023 CrossAsia Portal The portal has been set up by the Specialised Information Service Asia (Fachinformationsdienst Asien) at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
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Access to information aids development
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/28/access-to-information-aids-development/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2017 …according to the Development and Access to Information (DA2I) report from the Technology and Social Change Group (TASCHA) at the University of Washington Information School and...
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Virtual Votes for Women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/01/virtual-votes-for-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2021 Based on the temporary exhibition held at the Museum of London between February 2018 and March 2019. It has biographies of key suffragettes, images of events and artefacts.
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#ColorOurCollections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/10/colorourcollections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2021 For women’s history month, Europeana has released a great new colouring book about women in history with images from Europe’s greatest library and heritage collections.
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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.