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                    Businesses are invited to join the space revolutionhttps://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/space-park-business Space Park Leicester is inviting businesses to join the European Space Agency – Business Incubation Centre (ESA BIC UK) programme. 
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                    Paris attackshttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/paris-attacks/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 News reports Two useful sites which aggregate reports from other sources 24/7 News Now covers more than 40,000 sources. Country indicated by national flag next to the headline. 
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                    Politwoops and other Twitter-related siteshttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/10/politwoops-and-other-twitter-related-sites/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2013 Politwoops: (deleted tweets from politicians ) enables keyword searching for deleted tweets. It is offered in a number of countries. 
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                    What makes cities competitive?https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/08/what-makes-cities-competitive/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 8, 2016 Find out by downloading a recent working paper from the World Bank – Kilroy, A.F.L., Mukim, M., Negri, S. (2015) Competitive cities for jobs and growth : what, who, and how . 
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                    ‘Women still under-represented in UK HE management positions’https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/women-still-under-represented-in-uk-he-management-positions/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 The latest report from the non profit organisation Women Count indexes the representation of women as governors, Chairs and Vice-Chancellors in each of the 166 HEIs in the UK that... 
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                    Events in Leicester this October 2017 for Black History Monthhttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/04/events-in-leicester-this-october-2017-for-black-history-month/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2017 Phoenix Square marks Black History Month with a series of films programmed by local arts organisation Serendipity, in partnership with the University of Leicester, a one-off... 
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                    British Library for Development Studieshttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/05/british-library-for-development-studies/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2015 A marvellous site to explore as more full content is being added is the British Library for Development Studies (BLDS). Get free aces to materials not readily available elsewhere. 
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                    Votes for women: coronation special (1911)https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/votes-for-women-coronation-special-1911/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 An important part of suffrage campaigning was the organisation of mass processions and parades for the 1911 Coronation of King George V. 
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                    Autograph Letter Collectionhttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/19/autograph-letter-collection/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 19, 2023 The LSE digital library is releasing its autograph letter collection online. The collection contains over 5,000 letters dating from 1851 to 1975. 
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                    NAACP Legal Defense Fund recordshttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/18/naacp-legal-defense-fund-records/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2024 A major resource documenting the funding and activities of the NAACP fighting for Black civil rights in 20th Century America.