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MDB Reform Accelerator
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/mdb-reform-accelerator/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 MDB Reform Accelerator Multilateral Development Banks, or MDBs, are supranational institutions set up by sovereign states, which are their shareholders.
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Israel-Gaza Crisis: United Nations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/01/israel-gaza-crisis-united-nations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2023 A site created by the United Nations to provide their perspective on the conflict. It includes official UN statements, resolutions and resources on humanitarian aid.
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Disability podcasts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/09/disability-podcasts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2024 Professor Colin Blackmore has created a series of podcasts with British disability activists. The latest, with Professor Colin Barnes, is on the sociology of disability.
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PGR Careers blog University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2014/06/04/career-management-phd-researchers/
PGR Careers blog from the University of Leicester
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OfficialPapersUK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/09/15/officialpapersuk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 15, 2015 The OfficialpapersUK blog was launched today.
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quickQuote
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/09/25/quickquote/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2015 A new open source tool from the Times which has been designed to allow journalists to upload, search and get transcriptions of quotes from online videos which they can then...
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Coming soon: 2016 US elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/08/coming-soon-2016-us-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 8, 2016 RealClearPolitics: Election 2016 This site from RealClearPolitics offers readers daily updates on polls, interviews, speeches, and other news related to the 2016 election.
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Google and tax
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/google-and-tax/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 The charity Full Fact has examined the claim that Google only pays 3% of its profits in tax. Consult its website to see what it concludes.
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Glossary of UN terms
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/03/glossary-of-un-terms/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 3, 2016 For those who find the abbreviations used by the UN and its agencies difficult to understand t ry the latest free app which covers common acronyms and a glossary of terms.
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Australian poll on same–sex marriage
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/20/australian-poll-on-same-sex-marriage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2017 Official results from the Australian Bureau of statistics of the postal survey. Explanation of the process. And commentary from the Sydney Morning Herald news.