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Politwoops and other Twitter-related sites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/10/politwoops-and-other-twitter-related-sites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2013 Politwoops: (deleted tweets from politicians ) enables keyword searching for deleted tweets. It is offered in a number of countries.
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Stop and Search
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/31/stop-and-search/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2013 A new report – a joint project by StopWatch and the Open Society Justice Initiative with the support of the Runnymede trust includes case studies of the harm done to individuals and...
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UN and other peacekeeping sites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/31/un-and-other-peacekeeping-sites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2013 Useful UN materials include Official twitter account for the latest news. Past missions with a timeline of past missions.
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UK Government’s Tweets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/16/uk-governments-tweets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2014 National Archives to capture tweets and social media created by the UK government Their website has a direct link to the Twitter archive and a YouTube archive...
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International students aid UK economic growth
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/international-students-aid-uk-economic-growth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 According to the latest report from London First , foreign students in London add a total of £2.3 billion to the economy. However many find current immigration rules onerous.
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Social media and health
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/22/social-media-and-health/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 22, 2017 The most recent study by Royal Society for Public Health found in a survey of social media that Instagram was recorded as having the most negative impact on the mental well being of young...
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Space Lates: Jupiter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/05/18/space-lates-jupiter/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 18 May 2023 Join the team at the National Space Centre for their next Space Lates event, looking at the largest planet in our Solar System, Jupiter.
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Refugees tell their stories
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/02/12/refugees-tell-their-stories/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on February 12, 2014 Undergraduate students from the School of English are helping twelve refugees from across the world express their personal tales of struggle and hardship by helping them publish a book of their creative...
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Maria Rovisco
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/performingcitizenship/author/mr268/
I am a Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester.
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Challenging the notion of ‘neutrality’ in social media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/02/11/challenging-the-notion-of-neutrality-in-social-media/
Challenging the notion of 'neutrality' in social media University of Leicester School of English Staff blogs