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River research reveals scale of macroplastic pollution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/river-plastic
Plastic pollution clogs river systems for considerably longer than previously thought, new research from the University of Leicester shows.
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Professor Kamlesh Khunti receives Lifetime Achievement Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/kamlesh-khunti-award
A distinguished Leicester academic who has earned himself a global reputation has been presented a top accolade for his remarkable career achievements.
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Is your bank under stress?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/04/is-your-bank-under-stress/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 4, 2015 Read the latest report from the Bank of England for 2015 – the tests ‘assess the resilience of UK banks and building societies to a deterioration in global economic conditions.
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African Integrity Indicators Launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/08/african-integrity-indicators-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2016 The 2016 indicators have recently been released by Global Integrity.
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Congratulations to Dr Jennifer Carter for being awarded a Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/13/congratulations-to-dr-jennifer-carter-for-being-awarded-a-dorothy-hodgkin-fellowship/
Congratulations to Dr Jennifer Carter for being awarded a Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship
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Violence cost the world 13.6 Trillion US dollars in 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/violence-cost-the-world-13-6-trillion-us-dollars-in-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 Shocking statistics The latest annual edition of the Global Peace index from the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) .
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UNESCO: Guidance on Generative AI in Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/11/06/unesco-guidance-on-generative-ai-in-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2023 UNESCO publishes the first-ever global Guidance on Generative AI in Education and Research , designed to address the disruptions caused by Generative AI technologies.
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World Development Indicators 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/27/world-development-indicators-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2015 The latest annual report and data has just been released by the World Bank.
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Big Allied and Dangerous (BAAD) online platform
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/06/big-allied-and-dangerous-baad-online-platform/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2015 …from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) University of Maryland.
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Open government
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/22/open-government/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2014 How open is your government? The latest Global Open Data Index from the Open Knowledge Foundation ranks 97 nations according to the openness of their data on 10 themes: national...