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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/197/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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How can UK universities improve the teaching of quantitative research methods in the Social Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/how-can-uk-universities-improve-the-teaching-of-quantitative-research-methods-in-the-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 This is the topic of a major new report just published by the British Academy . It calls for a greater emphasis upon developing skills more extensively and earlier in courses.
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Black and Mixed Black women needed for breast, ovarian and uterine cancer study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/black-women-breast-ovarian-uterine-cancer-study
University researchers are looking for Black and mixed Black women to take part in a study looking at their awareness of breast, ovarian and uterine cancer.
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The cotton bobbin: symbolic of a lost heritage?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/cotton-bobbin
Read the article "The cotton bobbin: symbolic of a lost heritage?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Is the UK an equal society?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/12/is-the-uk-an-equal-society/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 12, 2016 Released this week, the Casey Review into opportunity and integration. This independent review was commissioned in July 2015 and conducted by Dame Louise Casey.
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Levels of support for the EU
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/levels-of-support-for-the-eu/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 This week saw the launch of a new group Conservatives for Britain which will lobby for withdrawal from the EU if renegotiation does not secure a better relationship.
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Who owns the UK Media?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/04/who-owns-the-uk-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2015 An i nteresting new report from the Media Reform Coalition states that 3 companies own 71% of the market.
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Historic photographs: the changing workplace
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/2387/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 As part of a new exhibition, the Bank of England Archive has released some of its historic photographs online.
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Publication diversity in the social sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/06/13/publication-diversity-in-the-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 13, 2022 Measuring Publication Diversity Among the Most Productive Scholars: How Research Trajectories Differ in Communication, Psychology, and Political Science” Article published in Scientometrics.
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Global Risks in the World 2017
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/global-risks-in-the-world-2017/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 This week the World Economic Forum released its latest annual report on risk in 2017. It focuses on five areas, economic, social, technological, geopolitical and environmental.