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Global Peace Index 2014
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/global-peace-index-2014/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Global Peace Index 2014 released This is compiled by The Institute for Peace and Economics and ranks 162 nations according to levels of peacefulness.
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Liberation Technology
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/02/10/liberation-technology/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2011 A research programme based at Stanford University which is exploring how information technology can be used to defend human rights, improve governance, empower the poor, promote...
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Meta-Activism Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/05/meta-activism-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2011 http://www.meta-activism.org/ The Meta-Activism Project (MAP) is a non-traditional think tank that uses digital networks to better understand their effects on social power.
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World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/worlds-women-2015-trends-and-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 World’s Women 2015: Trends and Statistics. Launched by the UN this week. Data on population, health, education, work, power, violence, poverty.
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ILO launches new Labour Statistics portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/15/ilo-launches-new-labour-statistics-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 15, 2019 A new website from the International Labour Organisation enables researchers to quickly access up-to-date international statistics on all aspects of labour, employment and the labour...
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Culture of bullying for UK black academics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/08/culture-of-bullying-for-uk-black-academics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2019 …according to a recent survey by UCU union. There are only 25 black female professors in the UK. 0.1 % of the total percentage.
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Visualizing the Virus
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/07/26/visualizing-the-virus/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2021 An international digital project led by Dr Sria Chatterjee and made possible by a grant from DARIAH EU and support from the Institute of Experimental Design and Media, FHNW.
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An Interview with DiscoverPhDs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/08/03/an-interview-with-discoverphds/
Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 3 August 2020 Leicester physicist interviewed by DiscoverPhDs to help future PhD students, written by Harneet Sangha. One of our final year PhD students, Harneet Sangha, was recently interviewed by online platform DiscoverPhDs.
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National Space Centre’s Women in Space Series
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/12/01/national-space-centres-women-in-space-series/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 December 2020 Leicester Space Scientists have been included in a series of interviews by the National Space Centre focussing on Women in Space and careers in STEM.
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Celebrating Diwali 2022
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/01/great-school-turnout-to-celebrate-diwali-2022/
The School of Physics and Astronomy were pleased to bring back the complimentary food tasting of traditional Diwali snacks and sweets as part of the Diwali celebrations.