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Measuring Peace in the Media 2011
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/04/27/measuring-peace-in-the-media-2011/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2012 The Institute for Economics & Peace produces a number of indexes which measure levels of peace and conflict worldwide.
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American Presidential Nominations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/07/american-presidential-nominations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 7, 2012 The American presidency project http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/nomination.php has a database of presidential nomination acceptance speeches from 1880 onwards.
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US Election Advertising
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/23/us-election-advertising/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2012 Electad: http://electad.com/ An independent site which claims that it posts all examples from the different campaigns online. The site also indexes polls, tweets and interviews.
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The returns to undergraduate degrees by socio-economic group and ethnicity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/29/the-returns-to-undergraduate-degrees-by-socio-economic-group-and-ethnicity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2021 Published this week by IFS this report considers evidence on the potential benefits of a degree by studying earnings of recent graduates in a range of subject areas.
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Does fashion contribute to the UK economy?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/24/does-fashion-contribute-to-the-uk-economy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 24, 2018 I n London Fashion Week we consider how much fashion contributes to the economy.
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Gay marriage in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/gay-marriage-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Gay marriage In the latest development gay marriage is to be made illegal in the Church of England see the BBC parliamentary announcement.
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Saturn’s high-altitude winds generate an extraordinary aurorae, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/saturn-aurorae
Dr Tom Stallard, Associate Professor in Planetary Astronomy at the University of Leicester, added: “The University of Leicester has long been involved in measuring the effects of this new discovery – we’ve observed how the pulsing aurorae and the wobbling magnetic field lines...
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“Crisis? What Crisis?” – UK politicians and Brexit
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2019/04/10/crisis-what-crisis-uk-politicians-and-brexit/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on April 10, 2019 by Dr Rebecca Acres, Honorary Fellow, University of Leicester Whether or not it ever actually happens, Brexit is the defining political and leadership challenge of our times.
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With Tommy Hilfiger’s ‘smart’ clothing range, data collection has reached dystopian levels
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/07/31/with-tommy-hilfigers-smart-clothing-range-data-collection-has-reached-dystopian-levels/
Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on July 31, 2018 In an article for The Independent, Dr Phoebe Moore discusses how ambassadors will be rewarded for walking past Tommy Jeans stores and how we are becoming a resource for surveillance and profit making The...
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Nate
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/author/nh227/
The Characteristics of a Leader: Early America and Ancient Rome Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on July 11, 2019 Leadership is in the moment. Building the momentum and trust of a followership depends on everything else going on in the lives of followers.