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Paternity Leave
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/paternity-leave/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Do Fathers Want Shared Paternity Leave? Interesting story this week from the BBC that fewer than 1 in 50 fathers are taking the new extra paternity leave.
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Thomas Piketty and Capital in the Twenty-First Century
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/09/thomas-piketty-and-capital-in-the-twenty-first-century/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 9, 2015 The author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013) was in the news over xmas as he rejected an honour from the French government, Here are some free resources which will...
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The Adventures of Charles Letagne – A Salutary Tale of Ethical Responsibility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2020/08/13/the-adventures-of-charles-letagne-a-salutary-tale-of-ethical-responsibility/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on August 13, 2020 A former colleague, who I worked with in an academic context, derived great amusement from referring to a paper by the (imaginary) academic Charles Letagne.
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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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How reading increases your life expectancy by 26 years!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/how-reading-increases-your-life-expectancy-by-26-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 World Book day was celebrated on Thursday What are the benefits of reading? The Reading Agency quotes a number of studies on economic, health and well-being and educational impacts...
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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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US Elections 2016
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/02/us-elections-2016/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2016 Political Bots: are they manipulating the USA Presidential elections? An interesting project on digital politics and algorithms which is considering how the use of automated...
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/221/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Food Stories – the afterlife of a research project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2017/11/24/food-stories-the-afterlife-of-a-research-project/
Posted by Deborah Toner in Consuming Authenticities on November 24, 2017 It’s obviously been quite a while since this blog was updated, but that doesn’t mean we have forgotten about Consuming Authenticities! In fact, plenty of exciting developments have been quietly happening...
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Austerity and Working Class Resistance: Survival, Disruption and Creation in Hard Times
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/10/15/austerity-and-working-class-resistance-survival-disruption-and-creation-in-hard-times/
Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on October 15, 2018 In this blog Dr Adam Fishwick (De Montfort University) and Dr Heather Connolly (University of Leicester) discuss their new edited book, which assesses the impact and continuing development of...