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23698 results for: ‘Department of The History of Art and Film’

  • Governments and Facebook

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2013 Government requests for data from  Facebook Which governments request information the most from Facebook?  First report from Facebook covers 6 months from January-June 2013.

  • Parents, teens and digital monitoring

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 Find out what percentage of American parents surveyed checked their teenagers Facebook accounts, texts and emails in this enlightening new study from Pew Internet Research Centre  .

  • Archaeological excavations at Bradgate Park uncover the home of 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).

  • LGBT tolerance

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 Survey of LGBT Americans- attitudes experiences and values Latest data from Pew research. Findings include more acceptance, however at the same time discrimination continues.

  • John and Lucille van Geest biomarker facility

    The John and Lucille van Geest Biomarker facility was established in 2013 thanks to a generous £2.5 million donation from the John and Lucille van Geest Foundation.

  • Learning Curve- how do education systems rank?

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 3, 2012 http://thelearningcurve.pearson.com/  New resource from Pearson and the Economist Intelligence Unit.

  • Leicester academic to provide top-level expert forensic advice

    Professor Mark Jobling, of the Department of Genetics & Genome Biology, has been appointed as one of seven new members of the Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG; https://www.gov.

  • Which jobs are at risk from AI automation?

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 25, 2021 A report from Nesta, Mapping Career Causeways: Supporting workers at risk , looks at jobs at risk from AI and how workers can transition to similar posts which are less precarious.

  • ACLED Conflict Index 2024

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2024 ACLED Conflict Index 2024 Get reputable data from the team who measure and assess political violence worldwide using indicators based on deadliness, danger to civilians, geographic...

  • Picturing Lincoln

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2024 The Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum  has digitised more than 1,000 images of the American president. They cover his home life, his time in office and his assassination.

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