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• Year in Twitter 2015

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/year-in-twitter-2015/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 Official website from Twitter where you can trace key trends and the most influential stories and individuals.

• Eurostat statistics explained

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/08/eurostat-statistics-explained/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2013 A guide to European statistics from the European Commission: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.

• Talking Europe

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/31/talking-europe/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2019 A pan-European project , with independent funders such as VoxPop , which aims to engage citizens in online discussions about politics by using an algorithm to match them with someone from...

• UN Women constitutional database launched

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/12/20/un-women-constitutional-database-launched/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 20, 2013 http://constitutions.unwomen.org/ Use this great new resource to find out provisions relating to gender in constitutions worldwide.

• Obama’s 2008 election

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/21/obamas-2008-election/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 21, 2014 President Barack Obama Visual Iconography A digital library from Cornell University which provides free access to campaign materials from the 2008 election campaign of president...

• British Political Speech Archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/02/british-political-speech-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2015 A great resource developed by Swansea University. It lists all major speeches for Conservative, Labour and Liberal/Liberal Democrat Party leaders from 1895 onwards.

• Archaeological excavations at Bradgate Park uncover the home of Lady Jane Grey

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/25-archaeological-excavations-bradgate-park-fieldschool-lady-jane-grey

  Archaeologists from the University of Leicester have returned to Bradgate Park for their fifth season of excavations. Aiming to uncover the hidden history of this popular attraction, the Bradgate Park Fieldschool is a five-year programme of research (2015-2019).

• Advanced Mechanical Engineering MSc

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/advanced-mechanical-engineering-msc/2026

  In a field as innovative as this one, there’s always another level you can reach. This Masters in mechanical engineering covers everything from advanced fluid dynamics and solid mechanics, to working on real-world mechanical engineering projects.

• Decolonising the Pitt Rivers Collection

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/work-placement/decolonising-the-pitt-rivers-collection

  Séverine Toyon-Pope, MSc in Museum Studies While applying for my placement, there was little doubt what my first choice was.

• Easter for social scientists

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/17/easter-for-social-scientists/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 17, 2019 Just for fun here are some interesting research related facts on Easter chocolate! This infographic from Statista  has some basic facts on who celebrates Easter and what they do.