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Draft Investigatory Powers Bill: parliamentary report launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/draft-investigatory-powers-bill-parliamentary-report-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 Joint Committee on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill has just published a report with 86 recommendations on improving the clarity of the bill.
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Is Britain Fairer?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/18/is-britain-fairer-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2016 A major new report launched last week by the Equality and Human Rights Commission examines the nature of disadvantage in Britain in 2016.
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BBC Radio Leicester: Alberto Fernández Carbajal and Samar Habib interview
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2015/11/26/bbc-radio-leicester-alberto-fernandez-carbajal-and-samar-habib-interview/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on November 26, 2015 On the morning of 25 November 2015, I headed out to the BBC Radio Leicester studio for an interview with Ed Stagg , who hosted me and Dr Samar Habib across the airwaves.
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We’ve moved to a new website!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2025/07/31/weve-moved-to-a-new-website/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on July 31, 2025 If you’ve been wondering why this site has been a little quiet over the years then it’s because we have moved to a new website! Keep up to date on all things Library related by visiting our new site:...
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Social Media – recent findings
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/social-media-recent-findings/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 Eurobarometer survey – e communications households What do households in EU nations think of their broadband speed, quality of service and tariffs for internet use.
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Is working overtime bad for you? Some interesting evidence from Higher education.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/is-working-overtime-bad-for-you-some-interesting-evidence-from-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 This article mentioned in the Times Higher last week had the headline Do some overtime (but not too much) It is based on this article: Fontinha, R., Easton, S., & Van Laar, D.
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49% of adults in the UK use social media for news
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/49-of-adults-in-the-uk-use-social-media-for-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 Fascinating fact from the Latest Ofcom news consumption in the UK annual report. Yet only 37% trust social media. Get the full facts by downloading the report from the website.
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The BILNAS Archive: Unearthing the Legacies of Female Archaeologists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/the-bilnas-archive-unearthing-the-legacies-of-female-archaeologists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 The British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies Archive is based here at the University of Leicester.
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Arabic Journalism Observatory
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/02/arabic-journalism-observatory/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 2, 2016 A new initiative of the European Journalism Observatory in partnership with the Media Development Centre in Tunisia, the new AJO will focus on Arab nations, providing a portal...