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• Invite to Dickens Day University of Leicester staff blogs

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/09/18/invite-to-dickens-day/

  Posted by Holly Furneaux in School of English Blog on September 18, 2013 Dickens Day: Dickens and History, Sat. 12th October 2013 You are warmly invited to Dickens Day, a lively annual event for Dickens fans, students and academics.

• What do people think about politics?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/03/what-do-people-think-about-politics/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2017 With the UK general election coming soon, try the latest annual audit of Democratic engagement from the Hansard Society .

• Human rights day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/14/human-rights-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2018 The United Nations observance of this day occurs every 10 th December.   The official website has related resolutions and news for 2018.

• Sri Lanka terrorism threats; get some academic facts

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/sri-lanka-terrorism-threats-get-some-academic-facts/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 The recent terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka  have left the world in shock.

• Is working overtime bad for you? Some interesting evidence from Higher education.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/is-working-overtime-bad-for-you-some-interesting-evidence-from-higher-education/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 This article mentioned in  the Times Higher  last week had the headline Do some overtime (but not too much) It is based on this article: Fontinha, R., Easton, S., & Van Laar, D.

• 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.

• Social Media and the Vatican

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/social-media-and-the-vatican/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 Social Media and the Vatican The canonisation of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II on 27 April was a social media event.  A special   website was created .

• History of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/history-of-the-anti-apartheid-movement-in-britain/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 Forward to Freedom:  The History of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain 1959-1994.

• Are bankers dishonest?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/12/01/are-bankers-dishonest/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2014 According to a study published in Nature, the banking culture encourages dishonesty. Research from YouGov has shown that since the recession public trust in banking has declined.

• UK Election Polls

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/15/uk-election-polls/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2015 Why were the general election polls wrong? Now the election votes have been counted, commentators are asking why many of the polls were wrong.