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Botanic Garden’s Crocus Sundays return this month
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/crocus-sundays
Crocus Sundays return to the University of Leicester’s Botanic Garden this month (February).
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What makes cities competitive?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/08/what-makes-cities-competitive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 8, 2016 Find out by downloading a recent working paper from the World Bank – Kilroy, A.F.L., Mukim, M., Negri, S. (2015) Competitive cities for jobs and growth : what, who, and how .
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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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The UK and Migration
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/07/the-uk-and-migration/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 7, 2014 Impacts of Migration on UK Native Employment: An Analytical Review of the Evidence The Home Office finally released this week the controversial report by Ciaran Devlin and Olivia...
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UK Peace Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/26/uk-peace-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2013 According to the Institute for Economics and Peace, United Kingdom Peace Index http://www.visionofhumanity.
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Social mobility and child poverty
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/social-mobility-and-child-poverty/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 The Social Mobility and Child Poverty (SMCP) Commission releases major report .
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Education data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/02/07/education-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2014 New World Bank educational data website: Systems Approach for Better Education Results or SABER …collects data on education systems worldwide using evidence based frameworks.
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Is there a gender pay gap?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/is-there-a-gender-pay-gap/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 The latest report from the Resolution Foundation notes a reduction for women in their 20s but notes that over the career lifespan this widens.
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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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Women Parliamentarians suffer sexism, harassment and violence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/02/women-parliamentarians-suffer-sexism-harassment-and-violence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2016 Shocking new study by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) reveals that sexism, harassment and violence against women MPs is widespread worldwide.