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Paris attacks
https://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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The Competition for ESA’s Next Astronauts – Naomi Rowe-Gurney
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/25/the-competition-for-esas-next-astronauts-naomi-rowe-gurney/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 June 2021 Applications for ESA’s next astronauts recently closed, and several Leicester scientists were among the 22,500 people who applied – PhD student Naomi Rowe-Gurney was featured in the Telegraph ,...
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Scoping Failure
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/10/26/scoping-failure/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on October 26, 2018 This week a colleague returned from a conference with some interesting feedback on the conversations she had been involved in around the purpose of a PhD and the views held by various stakeholders.
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British Police and Race
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/05/police-and-race/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2015 British Police and Race The Centre for Crime and Justice has just provided free access to a collection of articles under the heading #BlackLivesMatter which discuss aspects of policing...
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Northern Ireland Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/28/northern-ireland-official-publications-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 28, 2017 The Northern Ireland Official Publications Archive (NIOPA) is now freely available at the following address: http://niopa.qub.ac.uk/ It is possible to browse by department.
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New resources on women’s suffrage
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/14/new-resources-on-womens-suffrage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2018 A new teaching resource Endell Street – Women’s Military Hospital Project , focuses on the changing role of women from the 1900s to 1920, with a particular emphasis on women’s...
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World Autism awareness week
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/world-autism-awareness-week/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 World Autism awareness week The United Nations has also designated 2nd April World Autism Day. Read the original resolution and get facts from the website.
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Is the UK an equal society?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/12/is-the-uk-an-equal-society/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 12, 2016 Released this week, the Casey Review into opportunity and integration. This independent review was commissioned in July 2015 and conducted by Dame Louise Casey.
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Diversity in Media new tool
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/15/diversity-in-media-new-tool/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 15, 2019 DIVA is an online resource developed by David Deacon and James Stanyer of the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, Loughborough University in collaboration with Business...
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China 70th anniversary of Communist rule
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/04/china-70th-anniversary-of-communist-rule/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2019 The official website in China has an English language section which discusses the anniversary Official news coverage News coverage BBC Guardian newspaper CNN graphics Wall...