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• The Public Voice of Women

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/the-public-voice-of-women/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 The Public Voice of Women Read the transcript or listen to the podcast of  the London Review of Books lecture by academic Mary Beard delivered in March 2014.

• Young people are less likely to own their own home

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/16/young-people-are-less-likely-to-own-their-own-home/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 16, 2018 According to the latest analysis from IFS: ‘In 1995–96, 65% of those aged 25–34 with incomes in the middle 20% for their age owned their own home.

• Social, Political and Economic Event Database (SPEED) Project Data.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/social-political-and-economic-event-database-speed-project-data/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 … comprises data on de-stabilising events such as coups, revolutions and political and economic upheaval.  Analysis has been made from a global news archive.

• Arab human rights and democracy: useful resources

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/25/arab-human-rights-and-democracy-useful-resources/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 25, 2013 The Arab Human Development reports http://www.arab-hdr.

• Ageing in the UK

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/15/ageing-in-the-uk/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 15, 2013 A new report is available from The House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change http://www.parliament.

• A celebration of 100 years ago today, by Caroline Wessel

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/04/04/a-celebration-of-100-years-ago-today-by-caroline-wessel/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 4, 2019 Newspaper cuttings reporting Fielding Johnson’s Gift, from Astley Clarke’s scrapbook (ULA/D2/1) On Friday 4 April 1919 Mr Thomas Fielding Johnson purchased the 36-acre site of Leicester’s 5th Northern Base...

• Arthur Edward Davis (1882-1916)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/11/02/arthur-edward-davis-1882-1916/

  Arthur Edward Davis was educated at Mill Hill School, London. He became a cricketer of distinction and played for Leicestershire. In the great War he joined as a Private the 11th Royal Fusiliers and served in France, where he was killed in 1916.

• Innovation through collaboration

  https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/precision-health/projects/collaboration

  Learn more about the Institute for Precision Health's innovation through collaboration projects.

• The Anti-Corruption Summit

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/13/the-anti-corruption-summit/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 13, 2016 The Anti-Corruption Summit  has taken place in London.  The UK government website contains the proposals for international reform.

• Charlie Hebdo attacks: first anniversary

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/08/charlie-hebdo-attacks-first-anniversary/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 8, 2016 Twitter coverage of the anniversary The University of Oxford has translated and made free on the Internet a book on tolerance. With extracts from key French philosophers and writers.