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Simon Dixon: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/simon_dixon/page/3/
I am Archives and Special Collections Manager within the University Library. My role is to manage and develop the Library's and other University research collections and exploit digital technologies to reach new audiences for these collections.
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Vulnerability Studies Network
https://le.ac.uk/vulnerability-studies/vulnerability-studies-network
The interdisciplinary Vulnerability Studies Network brings together early career scholars from the UK, Canada, and beyond to discuss how the term ‘vulnerability’ is used in different disciplinary and non-academic contexts.
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Evening Waugh: Waugh in Abyssinia, 23 May
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2016/04/19/evening-waugh-waugh-in-abyssinia-23-may/
Details for the next Waugh book group meeting, 23 May 2016
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Leicester space experts drive forward mission to find habitable worlds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/space-experts-mission-find-habitable-worlds
Professor Martin Barstow is leading a consortium developing a UK instrument contribution to the the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO).
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Library and Learning Services: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/page/3/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Are we powerless to develop student staff partnerships?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/02/04/are-we-powerless-to-develop-student-staff-partnerships/
Power dynamics in student staff partnerships.
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New LGBT Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/new-lgbt-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 U.S. Homophile Internationalism is a new online exhibit which can be found on the Outhistory.org website . The website states “This archive and exhibit explores U.S.
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Millions of records from UK collections to be unlocked by new Museum Data Service
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/museums-data-service
Three-way partnership between Art UK, Collections Trust and the University of Leicester will build real world digital infrastructure to transform the way museums share their object records and knowledge.
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Online fact-checking – a growing trend
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/06/online-fact-checking-a-growing-trend/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 6, 2016 A recent report from the Reuters Institute has traced the rise of political fact-checking sites in Europe. It recorded 113 such groups are active today.
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How Twitter users can work together to defuse social tensions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/how-twitter-users-can-work-together-to-defuse-social-tensions
A report co-authored by Dr Paul Reilly (pictured) from the Department of Media and Communication has found that social media sites such as Twitter can be useful in keeping the peace and defusing tensions during times of social unrest.