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BBC Book of the Week author set to inspire our English students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/kit-de-waal-english-leicester
The author of this week’s BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week will be inspiring students on the University of Leicester’s English course, from September.
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Homelessness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/homelessness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 Councils struggling to cope with homeless people.
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Zero hour contracts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/zero-hour-contracts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 The UK Office for National Statistics has just released some initial data on the number of individuals employed on zero hours contracts.
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Is Your News Fake?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/02/is-your-news-fake/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2017 Concerns about fake news are increasingly dominating the headlines and studies have shown that students often have difficulty evaluating the truth of resources .
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Andrew Dunn: Page 100
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/100/
Academic Librarian.
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Social science video sites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/18/social-science-video-sites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2013 TED videos from world leaders covering all aspects of social and environmental sciences RSA audio and events . Includes NHS, technology and change. Videolectures net .
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Guardian newspaper launches new business blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/07/guardian-newspaper-launches-new-business-blogs/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2011 http://www.guardian.co.
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Politics twitter feeds
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/28/politics-twitter-feeds/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 28, 2011 Politicker USA http://www.politickerusa.com/ Good directory of twitter feeds from politicians, parties and USA presidential candidates. Follow them all in one place.
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Map Tube
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/30/map-tube/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2011 http://www.maptube.org/ A great free resource for viewing and mashing up maps. Basically maps can be overlayed to compare data visually.
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Empowered Campus: Gender-based violence reports
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/07/empowered-campus-gender-based-violence-reports/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 7, 2020 Empowered Campus has released materials arguing that gender-based violence should be a priority in light of Covid-19 – predicting a rise in cases of sexual harassment and assault in...