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Expert comment Has the Olympic Games caught up with the modern world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-comment-has-the-olympic-games-caught-up-with-the-modern-world
Despite greater representation of women in the Rio Olympics than in previous years, anachronisms and gender divisions still remain, according to John Williams from the Department of Sociology.
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British Bankers’ Association Libor Rate
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/29/british-bankers-association-libor-rate/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 29, 2012 http://www.bbalibor.com/rates Free access to one of the measures which has dominated the news recently. See the quick guide ‘What are libor rates?’ http://www.bbalibor.
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New BFI Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/23/new-bfi-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2012 http://www.bfi.org.
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Voluntary sector, learning disabilities and autism, and digital inequalities webinars
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/06/13/voluntary-sector-learning-disabilities-and-autism-and-digital-inequalities-webinars/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 13, 2025 The Centre for Health Promotion Research at Leeds Beckett University has launched a series of free online webinars covering tips and guidance.
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Leicester academic discusses the problems facing preterm babies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-academic-discusses-the-problems-facing-preterm-babies
Dr Samantha Johnson, from the Department of Health Sciences, discussed the long-term development of extremely preterm babies on BBC Inside Out East Midlands on Monday 6 March.
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Trump’s remarks and speeches
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/01/20/trumps-remarks-and-speeches/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2020 FactCheck.org has launched a special section on its website for fact checking transcripts of the presidents remarks and political speeches .
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Activism, Influence and Change
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/04/11/activism-influence-and-change/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2025 A new blog launched by the LSE in association with the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa.
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Local skills shortages data tool
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/11/local-skills-shortages-data-tool/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2024 The Office for National Statistics has released an interactive tool allowing the user to look at demand for specific job roles in a local area and examine whether census and...
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Discover Macpherson
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/29/discover-macpherson/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 29, 2023 DiscoverMacpherson.com A free, fully-searchable website which has been developed by Professor Brian Cathcart and Kingston University.
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Britain’s 50 New Radicals
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/23/britains-50-new-radicals/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2012 The Observer and NESTA have published a list of people and organisations that they believe are changing the UK for the better. Many are community organisations or activists.