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• Prison Reform

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/prison-reform/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016   This week the RSA published an interesting scoping paper on the future prison .  Browse their website to see other examples discussing the role and future reform of prisons.

• Chasing shadows at Jupiter

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2020/07/17/chasing-shadows-at-jupiter/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on July 17, 2020 On July 17 th , 11am-4pm,   Leicester planetary scientists Dr. Tom Stallard and Dr.

• University of Leicester staff blogs

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/08/01/podcast-pythagoras-trousers/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on August 1, 2016 Juno has just passed a major milestone in its first wide orbit around the giant planet, having passed by its apojove, the furtherest distance to Jupiter (8.1 million km).

• World Humanitarian Summit

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/27/world-humanitarian-summit/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2016 This week the World’s First international humanitarian conference opened.

• Many access news on smartphones

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/many-access-news-on-smartphones/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 According to a number of recent research studies many people are now using their smartphones. A report from the Knight Foundation recently found that , 89% of the U.S.

• Embedded

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/embedded/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 Embedded! Archaeologists and Anthropologists in Modern Landscapes of Conflict Interesting webcasts from a conference held as part of the  Engaged Scholarship Workshops...

• Can social media predict election results?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/can-social-media-predict-election-results/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 A recent SSRN paper from Cardiff University developed a model using Twitter and considers how it could be applied to the UK 2015 general election.

• Governments and Facebook

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/04/governments-and-facebook/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2013 Government requests for data from  Facebook Which governments request information the most from Facebook?  First report from Facebook covers 6 months from January-June 2013.

• 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.

• Time and Tide: Connections and Legacies

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/13/time-and-tide-connections-and-legacies/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2020 A resource created  to commemorate the centenary of this key magazine which is crucial for understanding the development of feminism and women’s rights in the UK.