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University signs up to Leicestershire climate change pact
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/net-zero
The University of Leicester is one of those that has signed up to the Leicestershire Climate and Nature Pact.
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River researcher awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarship
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/fulbright-rivers
A Leicester expert in river systems has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to expand her research in the USA.
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Using Adaptive Release to restrict access to content in Blackboard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/10/11/using-adaptive-release-to-restrict-access-to-content-in-blackboard/
Posted by Stephen Walker in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 11, 2016 The Blackboard Adaptive Release feature allows you to restrict access to areas of Blackboard such as content folders, and to content items such as...
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Homelessness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/homelessness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 Councils struggling to cope with homeless people.
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Migration in the media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/migration-in-the-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 How do the media cover international migration stories? The report, Moving Stories, is published by the Ethical Journalism Network and reviews media coverage of migration in the...
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Digital Technology and Older people
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/21/digital-technology-and-older-people/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2015 A recent government report What are the likely changes in society and technology which will impact upon the ability of older adults to maintain social (extra-familial) networks of...
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Will people in the UK live shorter lives?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/03/will-people-in-the-uk-live-shorter-lives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2018 This week the newspapers reported that life expectancy is falling or stalled in the UK for the first time since records began, but what are the facts on this? Here are some useful...
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Ethnicity Facts and Figures website launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/16/ethnicity-facts-and-figures-website-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2017 This week a ground breaking site was launched by the UK government which provides facts and figures on race and ethnicity in the UK.
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Museum Data Service
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/18/museum-data-service/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2024 Museum Data Service is a cross-sector catalogue which aims to provide access to over 100 million records from 1,750 UK museums.
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How well do we manage our financial lives?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/23/how-well-do-we-manage-our-financial-lives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2017 Interesting findings on high levels of debt and vulnerability and lack of financial knowledge among the British adult population in the first Financial Lives Survey 2017 released by...