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WTO Data Portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/01/wto-data-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2022 The new site allows users to access WTO databases on trade and tariffs. It covers intellectual property and trade in different types of goods. Some require subscription.
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The Charles Dickens Illustrated Gallery
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/02/10/the-charles-dickens-illustrated-gallery/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 10, 2023 A new online collection presents all of the original illustrations from Charles Dickens’ Novels. It is a a project of Dr Michael John Goodman, a free-lance researcher.
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GC wealth website
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/16/gc-wealth-website/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2023 A new tool for understanding wealth inequality which has been developed by Stone Center at the Graduate Center, CUNY. It comprises data and a library of research papers.
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24% of students from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds have experience racial harassment in UK universitie
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/25/24-of-students-from-ethnic-minority-backgrounds-have-experience-racial-harassment-in-uk-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 25, 2019 Shocking new report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission has these findings. Get the methodology and facts by downloading the report.
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Trump Twitter archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/25/trump-twitter-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 25, 2021 Trump Twitter archive has stored tweets from September 2016 until the account was suspended in January 2020. Items can be downloaded in csv files.
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Online Nation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/online-nation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 Ofcom’s annual Online Nation report and interactive dataset .
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Africa UN Data for Development Platform
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/18/africa-un-data-for-development-platform/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2021 A new official gateway to explore data at country, sub-regional and regional levels on SDGs, Agenda 2063 and key socio-economic indicators for Africa.
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The Cultural Heritage of LGBT Activism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/08/the-cultural-heritage-of-lgbt-activism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2019 A new online exhibit from Europeana. It gives a short history of Pride festivals using items such as photos and badges from Europe’s leading library and museum collections.
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New partnership will drive forward UK space technology development
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/sidereus-partnership-space-technology-development
Space Park Leicester and spin-out Perpetual Atomics have signed Memoranda of Understanding with Sidereus Space Dynamics
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University equality work wins national award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/19-pride-and-prejudice-award
Members of the team collecting their award PinkNews Award 800|Groundbreaking work by the University of Leicester and the National Trust wins prestigious PinkNews Award.