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Reuters Digital News Report 2020
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/03/reuters-digital-news-report-2020/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2020 What impact has COVID 19 had on news consumption? How popular are podcasts? And many more fascinating facts on the amount and type of news consumption worldwide.
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Fake news spreads faster than true
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/16/fake-news-spreads-faster-than-true/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2018 A team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) cross-checked the spread of 126,000 stories on Twitter against a database of stories fact-checked by six...
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New project explores art and DNA at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/new-project-explores-art-and-dna-at-leicester
Leicester-based artists Ruth Singer and Gillian McFarland have begun working with Dr Turi King, Reader in Genetics and Archaeology, on a project which explores creative and visual responses to DNA research.
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Expert opinions cover emergency planning and preventing extremism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/expert-opinions-cover-emergency-planning-and-preventing-extremism
Lucy Easthope, an associate tutor in the Civil Safety and Security Unit within the School of Business, has written an article on the Manchester bombings for the Guardian. Read the article '"I’m an emergency planner.
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Al Jazeera News game
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/al-jazeera-news-game/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 Interesting example of a game produced by Al Jazeera English which aims to raise questions about investigative journalism and cybersecurity: HACKED: Syria’s...
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Documenting Hate News Index launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/29/documenting-hate-news-index-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 29, 2017 Propublica in association with Google News Lab and a data visualization studio called Pitch Interactive has launched a site about hate crimes and bias incidents in the USA.
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New project investigates sources of rare elements vital for solar power
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/new-project-investigates-sources-of-rare-elements-vital-for-solar-power
University of Leicester scientists are leading an multinational team investigating better ways of recovering key materials for generating solar power. Solar power is one of the world's fastest-growing sources of electricity.
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Leicester experts discuss Brexit in new programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/leicester-experts-discuss-brexit-in-new-programme
With less than a month to go until the EU Referendum, European Union experts from across the university have been giving their views on whether Britain would be better in or out.
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Get to know your brain at Neuroscience events for Brain Awareness Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/neuroscience-research-demonstrated-for-brain-awareness-day-1
The University will be hosting two events for Brain Awareness Day on Wednesday 15 March. GCSE and A-Level students are invited to attend an afternoon of activities which will explain a range of brain research between 12.30-3.30pm followed by an evening event for all from 6pm.
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Goal 3: Health and Wellbeing
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/health-and-wellbeing
The third Sustainable Development Goal is to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages.