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Internet freedom has declined for the sixth consecutive year
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/internet-freedom-has-declined-for-the-sixth-consecutive-year/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 …according to the latest annual Freedom on the Internet report from Freedom House.
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Human rights day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/14/human-rights-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2018 The United Nations observance of this day occurs every 10 th December. The official website has related resolutions and news for 2018.
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Is there corruption in the UK?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/25/is-there-corruption-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2018 Yes according to reports and evidence given to the foreign Affairs committee which this week published a review of Russian influence.
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Leicester space scientists celebrate the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/jwst-launch
Amongst other things, it will be able to see the first galaxies that formed after the Big Bang, along with studying planet formation around distant stars.
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US presidential elections (again)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/04/us-presidential-elections-again/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2016 To celebrate (!) the forthcoming elections here are some favourite historic digital collections.
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The diversity of HE governors
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/12/the-diversity-of-he-governors/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 12, 2020 The first ever report on this subject has been published by AdvanceHE.
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Royal Institute of British Architects stages
https://le.ac.uk/policies/estates-and-campus/contractors/project-management/riba-stages
Read the policies, procedures and forms required at stages 0-7 for the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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Top Hat for in-class polling and out-of-class quizzes
https://le.ac.uk/medicine/teaching/top-hat
What is Top Hat? Top Hat is a web-based student response system that stores and marks responses in student accounts as well as enable interactive learning materials to be developed for use before, during and after a teaching session whether it is a lecture, seminar or group...
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Sports scholar picked for Tokyo Paralympic squad
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/nick-cummins-paralympic-squad
University of Leicester History PhD student and sports scholar Nick Cummins has been selected in Great Britain’s Wheelchair Rugby squad for this summer’s rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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Teaching and Learning in HE
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/19/teaching-and-learning-in-he/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 19, 2023 2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition The latest predictions for short term and longer horizon trends in teaching and learning.