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University of Leicester staff blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/08/01/podcast-pythagoras-trousers/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on August 1, 2016 Juno has just passed a major milestone in its first wide orbit around the giant planet, having passed by its apojove, the furtherest distance to Jupiter (8.1 million km).
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European Health Consumer Index 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/euro-health-consumer-index-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 This annual report from Health Consumer Powerhouse analyses European health systems and assesses them on 48 indicators, looking into areas such as patient rights and...
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Communication and Influence – An Essential Transferable Skill (or is it skills?).
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/03/29/communication-and-influence-an-essential-transferable-skill-or-is-it-skills/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on March 29, 2017 “The meaning of communication is the response you get” – Anthony Robbins.
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Eighteenth-Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/15/eighteenth-century-political-participation-electoral-culture/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2023 Eighteenth-Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture (ECPPEC) A project funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council to research how people participated...
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Is Britain Fairer?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/18/is-britain-fairer-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2016 A major new report launched last week by the Equality and Human Rights Commission examines the nature of disadvantage in Britain in 2016.
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Refugees Deeply
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/08/refugees-deeply/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2016 Independent digital media journalism site which aims to cover the refugee crisis indepth. Other independent journalism sites on this topic which are worth checking.
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Euro debt crisis
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/16/euro-debt-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2012 Recently Pew Global Attitudes report stated that it has rocked European unity The Guardian datablog has produced some excellent charts with facts and figures on financial data.
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Passport Analytics – for Economics and Finance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/23/passport-analytics-for-economics-and-finance/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 23, 2017 Passport https://www2.le.ac.uk/library/find/databases/p/passportgmid has added analytics to its portfolio which allow you to do modelling in certain given situations.
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‘Removing womens’ inequality would add $12 trillion to global growth’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/30/removing-womens-inequality-would-add-12-trillion-to-global-growth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2016 …according to the latest report from Mckinsey. It estimates that gender inequality has vast economic costs.
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Does Trump contradict himself?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/does-trump-contradict-himself/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 Trump of Yore , is a fascinating project from the @qz bot studio when President Trump tweets it uses mathematical software to compare the new postings tweets in the president’s...