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Physics Research Bites: The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/01/13/physics-research-bites-the-solar-wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere-link-explorer-smile/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 13 January 2023 Our guest speaker Dr Jennifer Carter will be giving a talk on the University of Leicester’s involvement with the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), and how the mission...
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Dr. Jenny Carter is the 2021 Caroline Herschel Lectureship Winner
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/25/dr-jenny-carter-is-the-2021-caroline-herschel-lectureship-winner/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 June 2021 Congratulations to Dr. Jenny Carter of Leicester’s Planetary Science Group on being awarded the prestigious 2021 Caroline Herschel Lectureship by the Royal Astronomical Society.
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Ukraine Conflict Monitor/ACLED Conflict Alert System
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/22/ukraine-conflict-monitor-acled-conflict-alert-system/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2023 Ukraine Conflict Monitor has been expanded and updated by ACLED.
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Increasing domestic violence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/01/increasing-domestic-violence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2019 Two shocking reports published this week.
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Race hate crime increasing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/race-hate-crime-increasing/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 The Community Security Trust is a charity that acts to support the Jewish community by campaigning against racism . It collects regular data on anti-semitism.
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Food and water
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/16/the-cost-of-a-plate-of-food-2020-wfp/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2020 The Cost of a Plate of Food 2020 (WFP) A basic meal is far beyond the reach of millions of people in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic joins existing food shortages and hunger according...
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World Bank Mobile Apps
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/05/world-bank-mobile-apps/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2011 http://publications.worldbank.org/index.
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FGM
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/13/fgm/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 13, 2015 Last week the UK’s first prosecution for female genital mutilation (FGM) failed amid controversy. A cademics discuss whether the case should have been bought at all.
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Which countries are best for children’s rights?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/14/which-countries-are-best-for-childrens-rights/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2017 International children’s rights foundation KidsRights and Erasmus University, Rotterdam have recently published the KidsRights Index 2017, a global ranking which charts countries’...
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ICT Activity in Europe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/ict-activity-in-europe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 Mapping the European ICT Poles of Excellence: The Atlas of ICT Activity in Europe This new report from the European Commission comprises an empirical ranking of ICT development in EU...