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US Elections and African Americans
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/30/us-elections-and-african-americans/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2012 The NAACP has declared that certain US states have introduced practices which are restricting black voting rights in the report Defending Democracy: Confronting Modern Barriers to...
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Inspired by the Olympic Games
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/12/inspired-by-the-olympic-games/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 12, 2016 Get some facts and figures.
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UN Blue Book Series now online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/un-blue-book-series-now-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library has digitized 19 books in this important series.
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International Equal Pay Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/25/international-equal-pay-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2020 18th September is designated International Equal pay day Some key documents are: Human Rights Council resolution on Equal Pay (2019) ILO Centenary...
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More on International Woman’s Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/13/more-on-international-womans-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2018 International Woman’s Day was celebrated on the 8 th March This year the theme was press for progress. In Spain over 5 million women joined a strike which was supported by local mayor.
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My experience with moving from Industry to doing a PhD by Ritika Shukla
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2021/01/07/my-experience-with-moving-from-industry-to-doing-a-phd-by-ritika-shukla/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on January 7, 2021 I graduated with a degree in Aerospace Engineering MEng from the University of Leicester back in 2015.
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Do we really get what we pay for?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/01/26/do-we-really-get-what-we-pay-for/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on January 26, 2017 Donald Trump and Brexit have both been capturing the headlines of late. In a democratic process the USA voted for Trump as President and the UK decided to leave the European Union.
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Arch-I-Scan blog Vindolanda pottery photography week 2 – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2020/11/18/the-rime-of-the-ancient-archaeologist/
A description of experience of photographing pottery at Vindolanda for the Arch-I-Scan project
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“I know you, you know me, we’re a happy family…”
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/careerdevelopmentservice/2015/11/04/internal_interviews/
Posted by Marie Muir in Career Development Service on November 4, 2015 As a student, we are usually inclined to really love our University. We like studying there, socialising there – so it’s only natural that we might want to work there .
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New United Nations app
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/new-united-nations-app/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 UNU Jargon Buster glossary app for smartphones has about 450 A-Z entries. Find out what the many UN abbreviations mean including those of programmes and organisations.