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EU Customs Union explained
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/19/eu-customs-union-explained/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2018 The EU Customs Union created a free-trade area where goods circulate freely, without customs duties at the borders between EU countries.
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South Asian Digital Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/14/south-asian-digital-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 14, 2014 http://www.saadigitalarchive.org/ An independent non-profit site which seeks to document the experiences of Asian Americans.
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MDB Reform Accelerator
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/mdb-reform-accelerator/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 MDB Reform Accelerator Multilateral Development Banks, or MDBs, are supranational institutions set up by sovereign states, which are their shareholders.
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The rocking horse: a classic object of childhood?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/rocking-horse
Read the article "The rocking horse: a classic object of childhood?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Inherited herpesvirus study finds links to ancient humans
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/inherited-herpesvirus-study-finds-links-to-ancient-humans
An international study of integrated HHV-6 led by our University has discovered that a small number of human ancestors, one from about 24,000 years ago, have been responsible for transmitting ancient strains of the virus to individuals today – affecting about a million people...
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Dr Robert Owen ‘Toby’ Law
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/toby-law
The University regrets to report the death of Dr Toby Law, who was for more than 30 years a member of academic staff. Toby was appointed to a University Lectureship in 1971 in the then new Department of Physiology (formed in 1968) and in 1987 was promoted to Senior Lecturer.
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Measuring rural poverty
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/measuring-rural-poverty/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool (MPAT) The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has just released this new tool which can be used to measure rural...
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Bishopsgate Institute Library and Archive: new online exhibitions
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/05/bishopsgate-institute-library-and-archive-new-online-exhibitions/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2012 http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/ Since 2010 the London based Bishopsgate Institute has been digitizing some of its major archival collections.
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Professor Corinne Fowler releases new book Our Island Stories: Country Walks through Colonial Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/colonial-countryside
University of Leicester’s Professor Corinne Fowler has released a new book published by Penguin exploring Great Britain’s countryside and its links to colonialism.
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Work statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/21/work-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2022 The ILO 19th ICLS (WORK) database provides data based on revised statistical standards. The standards have been changed to include factors such as unpaid labour.