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Global Cities: the View from Asia
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs7212
Module code: HS7212 The role of a city is one that is ever changing. Historically, city-dwellers made up only a small percentage of the global population but, due to mass urbanisation over the past 200 years, this has grown to over half the world's inhabitants.
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Global Cities: the View from Asia
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/hs7212
Module code: HS7212 The role of a city is one that is ever changing. Historically, city-dwellers made up only a small percentage of the global population but, due to mass urbanisation over the past 200 years, this has grown to over half the world's inhabitants.
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Global Cities: the View from Asia
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs7212
Module code: HS7212 The role of a city is one that is ever changing. Historically, city-dwellers made up only a small percentage of the global population but, due to mass urbanisation over the past 200 years, this has grown to over half the world's inhabitants.
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Alumnus shortlisted for top sci-fi writing prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/alumnus-shortlisted-for-top-sci-fi-writing-prize
An alumnus and former staff member at the University is on the shortlist for one of world's most prestigious sci-fi writing prizes, the Philip K Dick Award.
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A data revolution for all?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/21/a-data-revolution-for-all/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2014 The UN Secretary-General’s Independent Expert Advisory Group on a Data Revolution for Sustainable Development has just published a report called a World that Counts .
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US election data sets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/01/13/us-election-data-sets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2025 Covering 2000-2016. Recently released by Library of Congress data package on data.labs.loc.
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Access to UK's cultural heritage is revolutionised by Museum Data Service launch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/museum-data-service
A transformative moment for the UK’s cultural sector took place this week as the Museum Data Service (MDS) officially launched, setting the stage for an unprecedented consolidation of the UK’s museum records.
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IMF revamps data portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/imf-revamps-data-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 The IMF’s new data portal provides streamlined access to international financial data it is easy to explore and has updated API capabilities.
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University of Leicester hosts event to encourage businesses to take on ex-Forces staff
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/university-leicester-event-businesses-ex-forces-staff
East Midlands business leaders discovered how Forces veterans and reservists can benefit their organisations at an event held by the University of Leicester.
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Data centres for researchers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/06/data-centres-for-researchers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2016 The Economic and Social Research Council are funding three data centres – the Consumer Data Research Centre https://www.cdrc.ac.