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  • Study suggests hippocampal neuron responses are associated with memory distinctions

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/study-suggests-hippocampal-neuron-responses-are-associated-with-memory-distinctions

    The hippocampus is a small region of the brain that forms part of the limbic system and is primarily associated with memory and spatial navigation.

  • Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 13

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/13/

    Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

  • Dryad Collection – basket weaving

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/08/30/the-dryad-collection-basket-weaving/

    Posted by cl13 in Library Special Collections on August 30, 2022 As I catalogue the Dryad Collection , I was surprised to see that the books on basket weaving not only included “How to” manuals, but also books that were concerned with the cultivation of the types of natural...

  •  Gender dynamics within the UN Security Council

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/20/gender-dynamics-within-the-un-security-council/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2024 The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library has completed a project to provide statistical data on the gender composition of the UN Security Council from 1946 onward.

  • Aid Worker Security database

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/08/aid-worker-security-database/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2013 https://aidworkersecurity.org/ Produced by the Humanitarian Outcomes, a team of specialist consultants, this database provides statistics on violence against aid workers.

  • Employers who underpay workers

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/employers-who-underpay-workers/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 The UK government has released a list of 350 employers who failed to the minimum wage . The page also has facts on the key industrial sectors concerned.

  • Too poor to afford school holidays?

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/28/too-poor-to-afford-school-holidays/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2017 This week the Trussell Trust published research that during school holidays more children receive and rely on food bank emergency supplies.

  • International Day of the Girl – 11th October

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/16/international-day-of-the-girl-11th-october/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2018 Girls ‘banned from using mobile phones’ in many nations Shocking findings from a global survey released on the International Day of the Girl.

  • 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 .

  • The World Wealth and Income Database

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/22/the-world-wealth-income-database/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2018 Launched in 2017 as a single point of access for statistics on global inequality data , t his great site is managed by an international consortium of economists including Thomas...

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