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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.

• Learn to Communicate with Crisis-Affected Communities

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/07/20/learn-to-communicate-with-crisis-affected-communities/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 20, 2012 http://infoasaid.org/e-learning/course/start Infoasaid Launches E-Learning Course on Humanitarian Communication a new, free online learning course.

• David Fisher

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/david-fisher

  We have learned, with sadness, of the death of David Fisher, who was the University’s first Head of Computing. Mr Fisher passed away on 23 November 2024 in a hospital in Auckland, New Zealand. The University extends deepest condolences to his wife Winsome.

• Prague Spring Digital Library

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/27/prague-spring-digital-library/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 27, 2017 New from the  collaboration between the University of Texas at Austin, the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREEES), and the Lyndon B.

• Social Science Bites

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/04/social-science-bites/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2012 Podcasts of interviews with leading social scientists on different aspects of the social world.  Published by Sage.  http://www.socialsciencebites.

• Leveson inquiry

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/03/leveson-inquiry/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 3, 2012 LSE Media Policy Project is analysing reaction. Look at their blog for academic discussion: http://blogs.lse.ac.

• Window into China

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/01/window-into-china/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 1, 2013 A Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website. It is collecting pieces written in China by Chinese scholars and experts. The emphasis is on security and foreign policy.

• UNCTAD COVID-19 Response Portal

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/17/unctad-covid-19-response-portal/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2021 United Nations Conference on trade and development has launched a new portal with data on the impact of Covid-19 on manufacturing, trade and foreign direct investment. It has 25 indicators.

• Sub-Saharan Africa’s knowledge economy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/26/sub-saharan-africas-knowledge-economy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2015 Geonet is a new project from the Oxford Internet Institute.   It is mapping  ICT developments and analysing their potential for economic and social development.

• Stonewall Good University Guide

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/stonewall-good-university-guide/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 Stonewall have recently created a good universities guide .  This rates what specific UK colleges are doing to support LGBT  students. Leicester is on the list http://www.