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Cities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/cities-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Cities of Opportunity Interesting new report on urban demographics from PriceWaterHouse Cooper. Covers 30 major cities worldwide.
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22nd March was World Water Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/22nd-march-was-world-water-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 The official website has details on this year’s theme water and work. It includes a link to the full text of the 2016 UN World Water Development Report.
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Where is the riskiest place to live?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/where-is-the-riskiest-place-to-live/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 Download the latest world ranking from United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security. It considers risk from extreme natural events and ranks 117 nations.
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Easter for social scientists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/17/easter-for-social-scientists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 17, 2019 Just for fun here are some interesting research related facts on Easter chocolate! This infographic from Statista has some basic facts on who celebrates Easter and what they do.
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Migrant Files
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/18/migrant-files/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2016 An award winning data journalism website coordinated by Journalism ++ with input from 15 nations.
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20 years of the National Minimum Wage
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/20-years-of-the-national-minimum-wage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 20 years of the National Minimum Wage – what has been the impact? On 1 April 1999 the National Minimum Wage (NMW) was introduced in the UK – a £3.
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Publications
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/publications
The RCMG makes its research available to the widest possible audience.
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Museums and social inclusion: the GLLAM report
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/museums-and-social-inclusion
This research showed that museums and galleries can make a unique contribution towards addressing issues of social inclusion.
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Older dissertations
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/study/postgraduate/dissertations-and-theses/older-dissertations
2010 BOWEN, J. A landscape of improvement: the impact of James Loch, chief agent to the Marquis of Stafford on the Lilleshall estate, Shropshire, 1720-1820. DAVIDSON, E. The evolution and secularisation of the funeral in Leicester and Leicestershire, 1830-2010.
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Other funding sources for postgraduates
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/postgraduate-loans/other-funding-sources
There are a number of specialist organisations which offer funding to postgraduate students. You could also consider working part-time to help fund further study.