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State of the Union 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/26/state-of-the-union-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2015 Read the official White House transcrip t of President Obama’s speech.
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Glossary of UN terms
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/03/glossary-of-un-terms/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 3, 2016 For those who find the abbreviations used by the UN and its agencies difficult to understand t ry the latest free app which covers common acronyms and a glossary of terms.
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Transcript: the diaries of Anne Lister
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/03/14/transcript-the-diaries-of-anne-lister/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 14, 2022 Calderdale, West Yorkshire Archive Service has provided a further transcript of the diaries of Anne Lister.
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Leicester explores ‘our working lives’ as Festival of Social Science returns
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/festival-of-social-science-working-lives-leicester
Explore free events at the University of Leicester’s Festival of Social Science 2025, themed around ‘our working lives’.
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Inspection of Youth Offending Work in Leicestershire and Rutland
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/06/20/inspection-of-youth-offending-work-in-leicestershire-and-rutland/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 20, 2012 The latest report of HM Inspectorate of Probation on the Inspection of Youth Offending Work in Leicestershire and Rutland is now published.
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US Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange: 1956-2005
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/26/treasury-reporting-rates-of-exchange-1956-2005/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2012 Free digitized US Treasury Library materials: the Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange, 1956-2005, which list the exchange rates of foreign currencies based on the dollar, are now...
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24% of students from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds have experience racial harassment in UK universitie
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/25/24-of-students-from-ethnic-minority-backgrounds-have-experience-racial-harassment-in-uk-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 25, 2019 Shocking new report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission has these findings. Get the methodology and facts by downloading the report.
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Media use of Images
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/media-use-of-images/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 BagNews provides useful discussion between photojournalists and researchers on the framing of particular events using photographs.
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A Global Survey of Journalism and AI
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/22/a-global-survey-of-journalism-and-ai/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2019 New from Polis think tank a study which reveals how artificial intelligence is currently being used by news services and what its future might be.
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Hope Not Hate: the State of Hate in 2019
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/22/hope-not-hate-the-state-of-hate-in-2019/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 22, 2019 Annual report from the group which monitors online hate , islamophobia, homophobia and the state of the far right in Britain today.