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2018 State of the World’s Volunteerism Report: The thread that binds
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/03/2018-state-of-the-worlds-volunteerism-report-the-thread-that-binds/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2018 The United Nations has just released its annual report on volunteering. It has estimations on the extent of volunteering by nation and gender.
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UK Web Archive Gender Equality Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/10/uk-web-archive-gender-equality-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 10, 2018 The UK web archive aims to preserve for posterity websites with UK domain addresses. It has a number of special themed collections.
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Is the UK an equal society?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/12/is-the-uk-an-equal-society/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 12, 2016 Released this week, the Casey Review into opportunity and integration. This independent review was commissioned in July 2015 and conducted by Dame Louise Casey.
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UN envoy says austerity has inflicted misery on UK citizens
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/30/un-envoy-says-austerity-has-inflicted-misery-on-uk-citizens/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2018 Last week comments from Sir Philip Alston UN Envoy on Poverty about inequality in the UK were widely reported.
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New president’s online collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/new-presidents-online-collections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 Recently added to the Library of Congress website: the papers of President James Garfield .
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Global Economic Prospects June 2012
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/06/15/global-economic-prospects-june-2012/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 15, 2012 http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/EXTGBLPROSPECTSAPRIL/0,, menuPK:659178%7EpagePK:64218926%7EpiPK:642189537EtheSitePK:659149,00.
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ICT Activity in Europe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/ict-activity-in-europe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 Mapping the European ICT Poles of Excellence: The Atlas of ICT Activity in Europe This new report from the European Commission comprises an empirical ranking of ICT development in EU...
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Economic arguments for gender equality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/economic-arguments-for-gender-equality/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 Great economic evidence in favour of Gender equality was published in this recent report from the EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality) which quoted the data that on average...
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17th Century Adventures in Travel Writing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/01/07/17th-century-adventures-in-travel-writing/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on January 7, 2015 In 1627, at the age of only 21, Sir Thomas Herbert travelled to Persia and India as a low-ranking member of Charles I’s embassy to Shah Abbas I.
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University hosts national event celebrating interdisciplinary research and global impact
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/18-rutherford-fellows-event
The University of Leicester hosted 50 Rutherford Fellows representing 15 countries in an event facilitating interdisciplinary research and enhancing impact.