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#METoo one year on: what has changed?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/metoo-one-year-on-what-has-changed/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 This week the Fawcett Society has issued a report on changing attitudes in the wake of the #MeToo movement This has shown increasing awareness.
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Ground-breaking view of the cosmos revealed at Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/jwst-first-light
Scientists and engineers from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester have been part of the Webb project for more than 20 years and have been involved in the design, manufacture and testing of Webb’s Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI).
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Getting Away with Murder in Eighteenth Century England. The Surgeon’s Bain and the Power of the Crim
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/03/14/getting-away-with-murder/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on March 14, 2016 The Murder Act of 1752 could have created a major new supply line for the hard-pressed anatomy teachers of England, Wales and Scotland.
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Did the AIM fail to hit its targets?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2016/01/06/did-the-aim-fail-to-hit-its-targets/
Posted by in School of Business Blog on January 6, 2016 In a recently published paper, Stuart Macdonald , Visiting Professor at the School, critically assesses the performance of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM) The AIM was established by the UK government...
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Using digital tools to publish and promote your project: blogs and websites
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/engaging/blogs-websites
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. This guide offers advice on using blogs and websites.
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Is AI reinforcing Gender Biases?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/is-ai-reinforcing-gender-biases/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 Yes, according to the latest report from UNESCO entitled I’d blush if I could: closing gender divides in digital skills through education The 145-page report feels that there is...
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Communication in Emergencies Research
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/23/communication-in-emergencies-research/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2019 A new site compiled by independent charity BBC Media Action.
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Atlas of Economic Complexity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/21/atlas-of-economic-complexity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 21, 2014 Atlas of Economic Complexity Free online book published by The Observatory of Economic Complexity which aims to make available to the public complex data about international trade...
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First Annual report from UK Anti-Slavery Commissioner
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/first-annual-report-from-uk-anti-slavery-commissioner/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 Download the full text from the UK government website The appendix provides modern slavery crime data for England and Wales.
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Bloomberg: offshore yuan values
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/17/bloomberg-offshore-yuan-values/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2013 The offshore yuan weakened on May 6 by the most since 2011 after Chinese regulators announced a probe of export data and new restrictions on loans.