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New study exposes causes behind criminal case backlogs in England and Wales
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/police-crime-cps-england-wales-criminal-case-backlog
A University of Leicester-led study has unearthed critical factors delaying the progression of criminal cases from police investigations to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for charging decisions in England and Wales.
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Leicester geologist to present rock-licking trick for Hallowe’en treat at Royal Institution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/geologist-rock-licking-halloween-royal-institution
Professor Jan Zalasiewicz joins panel at the Royal Institution on 31 October with other winners of Ig Nobel Prizes to explain their winning work for a public audience
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Race & … in America
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/30/race-in-america/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2022 Thirteen volumes from the Brown library.
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The Scottish Suffragette Cities Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/09/the-scottish-suffragette-cities-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 9, 2019 New website from Robert Gordon University which aims to map the struggle for the women’s vote in Scotland.
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Global Gender Pay Gap report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/15/global-gender-pay-gap-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2021 Closing the gender pay gap will take 135 years according to shocking statistics from the latest Economic Forum report This report benchmarks the evolution of...
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Sustainable Development Goals game
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/sustainable-development-goals-game/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 The United Nations have created a special board game (based on Snakes and Ladders) to teach children about 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
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Global Gender Gap Report 2022
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/29/global-gender-gap-report-2022/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 29, 2022 Global Gender Gap Report 2022 | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) Get information on the trends from 2020. The report records that it will take another 132 years to close the gap.
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The Taiwan National Treasure digital library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/06/the-taiwan-national-treasure-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 6, 2017 A new project which aims to create an online archive of official US documents about Taiwan, The materials obtained from the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will...
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Digital Futures for children research database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/11/digital-futures-for-children-research-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2024 https://www.digital-futures-for-children.net/research-database A database curated by the Digital Futures for Children project based at the LSE.
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Early-Career Researchers: your views are needed
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/30/early-career-researchers-your-views-are-needed/
Posted by William Farrell in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 30, 2015 The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) want to find out more about the issues facing early-career social scientists.