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• Will people in the UK live shorter lives?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/03/will-people-in-the-uk-live-shorter-lives/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2018 This week the newspapers reported that life expectancy is falling or stalled in the UK for the first time since records began, but what are the facts on this? Here are some useful...

• Sweatshops

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/17/sweatshops/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2013 Following the recent tragedy in Bangladesh- would you pay more for ethical production? Depressingly, a H uff/Post YouGov poll of American shoppers found little awareness about the...

• Kenya and gay rights

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/01/kenya-and-gay-rights/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2019 The Kenyan Penal code currently criminalises same sex relations in sections 162 and 165.  A penalty can be 14 years in prison.

• International Labour Organisation publications

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/12/21/ilo-publications/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 21, 2011 Resource guides produced by the ILO Library in Geneva provide guidance and direct links to key documents statistics and websites. http://www.ilo.

• Internet privacy and freedom of expression

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/23/internet-privacy-and-freedom-of-expression/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 23, 2012 http://www.unesco.

• Cities

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/28/cities/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 28, 2014 What Do the Best Entrepreneurs Want In A City? The latest report from Endeavor Insight, contains interviews with 150 top USA executives in the qualities they want in locating a...

• World Statistics Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/26/world-statistics-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2020 20 th October was World Statistics day .

• Avoid

  https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/climate-change/avoid

  The first step to reducing our negative impact on the environment is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions from the outset.

• Leicester sports sociologist examines the making of British football

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/john-williams-book

  The history of British football and its people is the subject of a book from University of Leicester sports sociologist, John Williams.

• Cooking Inauthentically: An Experiment with Flaounes – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/04/07/cooking-inauthentically-an-experiment-with-flaounes/

  Deborah Toner, the Project's PI, describes her first experience of cooking flaounes, a celebration Easter food from Cyprus, the challenge of finding "authentic" ingredients and the sense of occasion created by making a celebration food.