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• University awarded £14 million to expand research into lifestyle changes which could help those from multi-ethnic communities with chronic conditions live longer and better lives

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/leicester-lifestyle

  More than £14 million has been awarded to The University of Leicester to expand its research into the prevention and management of chronic disease through physical activity.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Human Rights

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/01/human-rights/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2013 20 years OHCHR (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) A new official website to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this major UN agency . It includes news and links to key achievements.

• More on overtime

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/more-on-overtime/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 How much overtime do British workers do? The Office for National Statistics has  Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) .

• 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.