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The politics of comparison: writing a global history of punishment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/02/05/the-politics-of-comparison-writing-a-global-history-of-punishment/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on February 5, 2015 The Carceral Archipelago project faces enormous challenges in writing the history of punishment as global history.
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The spacecraft that came before Juno
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/09/12/the-spacecraft-that-came-before-juno/
Posted by Henrik Melin in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on September 12, 2016 The Juno spacecraft is not the first to visit Jupiter – this honour goes to the Pioneer 10 spacecraft back in December of 1973.
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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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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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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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Who were the first students of the University of Leicester?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/10/13/who-were-our-first-students/
A blog post discussing the early students of the University of Leicester.
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Online US government information and news disappearing: Pew Internet Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/05/24/online-us-government-information-and-news-disappearing-pew-internet-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2024 Disappearing content from online websites The latest report from the Pew internet project focuses on broken links from US government and news agencies.
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History Workshop revamped website
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/01/27/history-workshop-revamped-website/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 27, 2023 History Workshop is a digital magazine of radical history. It has recently revamped its website. It provides free access to online image of radical digital images.
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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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Remote-learning readiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/11/24/remote-learning-readiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2021 Ensuring Equal Access to Education in Future Crises: Findings of the New Remote Learning Readiness Index (UNICEF) The report introduces the Remote Learning Readiness Index...