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What are the financial returns from a postgraduate degree?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/25/what-are-the-financial-returns-from-a-postgraduate-degree/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2020 This IFS report looks at which degrees bring the most financial rewards and considers the impact of the family background.
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Britain and the EU: two papers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/18/britain-and-the-eu-two-papers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 18, 2017 Two key papers have been released by the UK government Future customs arrangements: a future partnership paper- HM Treasury, HM Revenue & Customs, and Department for Exiting the...
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Where is the best place to be a woman?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/15/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-woman/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2014 According to the 2014 Global Gender Gap report issued by the World Economic Forum – Iceland is top of the rankings.
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Leicester to host regional launch of the Festival of British Archaeology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/leicester-to-host-regional-launch-of-the-festival-of-british-archaeology
A talk by Mathew Morris (pictured) from the Richard III excavation team and a ‘Roman drill session’ are just two of the events taking place at this year’s regional launch of the Festival of British Archaeology.
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Portal to the work of intergovernmental bodies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/26/portal-to-the-work-of-intergovernmental-bodies/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2024 Created by the UN Department General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM), this resource will provide access to documents, agendas, resolutions and conferences for major UN...
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The Children’s Art Gallery
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/13/the-childrens-art-gallery/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2024 The Children’s Art Gallery in Lagos, Nigeria, displays and sells art by children from low-income families. Other galleries have recently opened in Ghana and Zimbabwe.
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Music, Sound and the Moving Image
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/01/25/music-sound-and-the-moving-image/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 25, 2011 We now have full text access to the journal Music, Sound and the Moving Image from 2007 onwards. This title can be found on Leicester e-link.
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Why public health campaigns and the BMI scale may do more harm than good- claim
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/why-public-health-campaigns-and-the-bmi-scale-may-do-more-harm-than-good-claim
Dr Oli Williams, Research Associate in the University’s Department of Health Sciences, has recently shared why well-intentioned public health campaigns such as the sugar tax might not have the intended effect, and potentially even exacerbate disparities in health.
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New Leicester research demonstrates the migrant work ethic exists in the short term
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/new-leicester-research-demonstrates-the-2018migrant-work-ethic2019-exists-in-the-short-term
The received wisdom that migrant workers have a stronger ‘work ethic’ than UK-born workers is proven for the first time, in a new study of Central and East European migrants, from our School of Business.
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University of Leicester strengthens ‘crucial’ space links in the USA
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/united-states-space-links
University of Leicester's Space Park Leicester has further strengthened its collaboration with the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and NASA, building crucial links with the United States.