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UNESCO world-wide education data enhanced
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/14/unesco-world-wide-education-data-enhanced/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2017 The UNESCO Institute of statistics have release more data via their dedicated Institute of Statistics data website . Select education from the themes on the left of the screen.
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UN Blue Book Series now online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/un-blue-book-series-now-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library has digitized 19 books in this important series.
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Free online course offers unique insights into the time of Richard III
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/free-online-course-offers-unique-insights-into-the-time-of-richard-iii
As the second anniversary of the reinterment of Richard III approaches in March, our University is relaunching its highly popular online course that explores what it was really like to live in the world of the last Plantagenet King.
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Approaching the Greek World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ar1702
Module code: AR1702 What, where, and when was ancient Greece? Unlike the Roman world, held together by common state structures, the ancient Greek world was far more fragmented and diverse: a world of hundreds of independent city-states, frequently at war with each other,...
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Approaching the Greek World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ar1702
Module code: AR1702 What, where, and when was ancient Greece? Unlike the Roman world, held together by common state structures, the ancient Greek world was far more fragmented and diverse: a world of hundreds of independent city-states, frequently at war with each other,...
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Space Park Leicester enables UK support of ispace’s historic Lunar Lander Mission
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/meridian-lunar-launch
Space Park Leicester's Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) used by Dr Sam Richards of Meridian Space Command to support the launch of ispace's lunar lander
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Leicester honorary graduates announced for 2019
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/09-honorary-graduates-2019
The University of Leicester has announced this year’s recipients of honorary degrees, awarded to those in recognition of their achievements in their respective fields.
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Web Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/07/web-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 7, 2012 The World Wide Web Foundation has launched the Web Index : http://www.webfoundation.
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Bedroom tax
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/bedroom-tax/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 The Final Report from the Evaluation of the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy (often referred to as the ‘bedroom tax’) carried out jointly by CCHPR and Ipsos Mori, has been published.
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Could human beings one day live on Mars
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/could-human-beings-one-day-live-on-mars
The Mars One Mission hopes to create a human settlement on Mars by the year 2025 allowing people to live on the Red Planet, albeit in an enclosed environment.