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Latest from Policy Commons
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/02/07/latest-from-policy-commons/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2022 The website which contains full text grey literature from NGOs and think-tanks is developing a feature to locate statistical tables within articles and export them as csv files.
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Reith Lectures Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/reith-lectures-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 Audio files and transcripts of over 240 lectures from 1948 onwards. These lectures are funded by the BBC and aim to advance public understanding of contemporary issues.
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Fewer GP appointments and the COVID lockdown have exacerbated declining continuity of care in English general practices
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/levene
A lack of available appointments and the aftermath of the COVID pandemic have exacerbated declining continuity of care in General Practices across England say University of Leicester experts
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Israel-Gaza Crisis: United Nations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/01/israel-gaza-crisis-united-nations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2023 A site created by the United Nations to provide their perspective on the conflict. It includes official UN statements, resolutions and resources on humanitarian aid.
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Humanitarian Encyclopedia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/humanitarian-encyclopedia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 C reated by the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, the Encyclopedia currently includes 129 commonly-used humanitarian concepts.
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Southwest Asia and North African literature
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/01/southwest-asia-and-north-african-literature/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 1, 2023 Kotobli is a book discovery platform and database for authors, books, publishers and literary magazines from the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region.
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Open Access book on Higher Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/27/open-access-book-on-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2023 Higher Education for Good : Teaching and Learning Futures by Laura Czerniewicz (editor) Catherine Cronin (editor).
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Artificial intelligence and education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/04/artificial-intelligence-and-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2023 An open-access, crowdsourced book of ideas on how artificial intelligence might be used in education.
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APO Disability Research Collection (Australia and New Zealand)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/16/apo-disability-research-collection-australia-and-new-zealand/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2025 Australian Policy collaborating with the National Disability Research Partnership to create a portal of links to research published in Australia and New Zealand.
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dataUNODC (Drugs and Crime statistics)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/06/08/dataunodc-drugs-and-crime-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2020 The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) new data portal makes its reliable global data on drugs and crime easier to access and visualise.