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• Lost boys and fairies

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/06/24/lost-boys-and-fairies/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2024 Heart-wrenching drama about a gay couple trying to adopt a child in present-day Wales. See all 3 episodes on this BoB playlist .

• Refugees Deeply

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/08/refugees-deeply/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2016 Independent digital media journalism site which aims to cover the refugee crisis  indepth. Other independent journalism sites on this topic which are worth checking.

• Andrew Dunn: Page 182

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/182/

  Academic Librarian.

• Leicester geologist invited to present findings to European Geosciences Union

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/leicester-geologist-invited-to-present-findings-to-european-geosciences-union

  A geologist from our University  will present his research into earthquakes to the European Geosciences Union conference in Vienna on 25 April.

• Business Multidimensional Poverty Index: Costa Rica

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/04/business-multidimensional-poverty-index-costa-rica/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2017 Costa Rica launched the Business Multidimensional Poverty Index developed by the Positive Horizon Association with the technical support of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development...

• Expert opinions cover Brexit Russia and tuition fees

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/expert-opinions-cover-brexit-russia-and-tuition-fees

  In an article for The Conversation, Dr Aihua Zhang from the Department of Mathematics has suggested that while voters’ level of higher education was the most important factor in the EU referendum, the gender of voters and the turnout level also had parts to play in the...

• Violence against women- is it getting worse?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/15/violence-against-women-is-it-getting-worse/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2017 The latest Femicide Census report, compiled by Women’s Aid, reveals that 113 women were killed by men in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2016.

• Digital Technology and Older people

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/21/digital-technology-and-older-people/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2015 A recent government report What are the likely changes in society and technology which will impact upon the ability of older adults to maintain social (extra-familial) networks of...

• APO Digital Inclusion collection

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/06/14/apo-digital-inclusion-collection/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2024 The APO (Analysis and Policy Observatory) Digital Inclusion Collection  is currently funded by the Australian Digital Inclusion Index  team within the ARC Centre of Excellence...

• United Nations disability statistics

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/31/united-nations-disability-statistics/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 31, 2018 A new section of the UN main website now provides free access to data which it has collected since 1988. Sources are national level surveys, censuses and reports.