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• European Digital City Index 2016

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/european-digital-city-index-2016/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 Launched by Nesta to measure how well cities support start-ups and digital entrepreneurs.  This year it has expanded and now covers 60 cities.

• How digital is your Country?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/17/how-digital-is-your-country/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2017 The EU has released the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) , which gathers together more than 30 indicators ranking European nations according to themes such  as...

• What contributes to school students well-being?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/04/24/what-contributes-to-school-students-well-being/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 24, 2017 Find out by reading the latest OECD PISA reports. This also provides country surveys which consider where teenagers feel happiest.

• The IPPO Living Map: a searchable database of evidence on the social impacts of COVID-19

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/15/the-ippo-living-map-a-searchable-database-of-evidence-on-the-social-impacts-of-covid-19/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2021 Just launched, a  searchable  international database of systematic reviews  of research about the social impacts of COVID-19.

• Don’t Look Away: No place for exclusion of LGBTI students (UNESCO)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/dont-look-away-no-place-for-exclusion-of-lgbti-students-unesco/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 International LGBTQI Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO) and UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report released findings from research and surveys on the situation of LGBTQI...

• Useful WTO links

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/useful-wto-links/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 WTO’s General Council ePortal (GCeP) Includes information on all issues raised and discussed by the World Trade Organisation since 1995 with links, where possible, to associated...

• Opportunity to study and work in Hong Kong

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/study/postgraduate/study-in-hong-kong

  The University of Leicester School of Business offers an exciting partnership with Lingnan University, Hong Kong allowing you to study in two cities, gain two degrees and numerous international work opportunities.

• Gigantic Jurassic pterosaur fossil unearthed in Oxfordshire

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/gigantic-pterosaur

  University of Leicester researcher involved in study of one of the largest pterosaurs of the Jurassic era

• Supporting teaching in Special Collections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/12/18/supporting-teaching-in-special-collections/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on December 18, 2014 Supporting academic colleagues with teaching is an important part of our work in Special Collections.

• Finding Dolly Shepherd in Historical Directories

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/07/finding-dolly-shepherd-in-historical-directories/

  Guest blog post on Edwardian Lady Parachutist Dolly Shepherd, by Debra Wallace