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Girls are more unhappy with their lives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/03/girls-are-more-unhappy-with-their-lives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 3, 2018 Shocking findings f rom the latest Children’s Society Annual Report .
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Is Your News Fake?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/02/is-your-news-fake/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2017 Concerns about fake news are increasingly dominating the headlines and studies have shown that students often have difficulty evaluating the truth of resources .
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University pledges to offer a hundred Sanctuary Awards to displaced people worldwide
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/distance-learning
Read more about University of Leicester offering one hundred distance learning scholarships to displaced people across the world.
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BBC handbook online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/26/bbc-handbook-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2021 The BBC Hand Book was first issued in 1928 and published until 1987 when it became annual reports.
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Global Terrorism database updated
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/global-terrorism-database-updated/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 The total number of terrorist attacks and total deaths due to terrorist attacks worldwide decreased by 12% in 2015, according to the latest annual update of the Global Terrorism...
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Sri Lanka terrorism threats; get some academic facts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/sri-lanka-terrorism-threats-get-some-academic-facts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 The recent terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka have left the world in shock.
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LGBT tolerance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/lgbt-tolerence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 Survey of LGBT Americans- attitudes experiences and values Latest data from Pew research. Findings include more acceptance, however at the same time discrimination continues.
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Online Privacy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/23/online-privacy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2015 Concerns about online privacy have surfaced in a number of key reports recently.
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Social media and universities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/07/social-media-and-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 7, 2014 Social Media: When Should the University Intervene? An interesting article from Australia currently available free of charge from the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management.
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Attitudes to Domestic Violence in Low and Middle Income Countries: a multi-level approach to primary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/22/attitudes-to-domestic-violence-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-a-multi-level-approach-to-primary-prevention/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2019 This project was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Future Research Leaders Awards and led by the University of Bristol.