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Hospitals who prioritise empathy are safer, healthier and cheaper to run, landmark study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/june/empathy-system-hospitals-study
NHS hospital trusts with higher levels of “system empathy” have 76% higher odds of being rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ for patient safety by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), finds a new study by the University of Leicester
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War of the Worlds Letters
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/04/11/war-of-the-world-letters/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2025 A digital library collection from the University of Michigan , The Richard Wilson – Orson Welles Papers preserves 1,349 letters sent to the New York City office of Orson Welles’s...
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More than one billion women lack legal protection against domestic sexual violence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/16/more-than-one-billion-women-lack-legal-protection-against-domestic-sexual-violence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 16, 2018 According to new research from the World Bank Global and Regional Trends in Women’s legal protection against domestic violence and sexual harassment.
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Peace and Security Data Hub
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/11/01/peace-and-security-data-hub/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2021 This new data site is a direct outcome of the Secretary General’s Data Strategy , which calls for ensuring everyone, everywhere can discover, access, integrate and share the...
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Getty Images: Black History and Culture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/29/getty-images-black-history-and-culture/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 29, 2022 Black History and Culture Collection – Getty Images Getty images is developing a database relating to photographic images of the black experience in the USA...
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1 in 3 Muslim students suffered discrimination and abuse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/23/1-in-3-muslim-students-suffered-discrimination-and-abuse/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2018 The shocking findings from a recent NUS survey is that ‘1 in 3 Muslim students suffered discrimination and abuse’ In November 2017, NUS Women’s and Black Students’ campaigns undertook...
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Parentview
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/24/parentview/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 24, 2011 Parentview http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/ A new citizen focused initiative launched by the UK Ofsted body which is giving parents the right to comment on their child’s school.
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2012twit
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/01/13/2012twit/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2012 http://2012twit.com/ A project which aims to provide real time coverage of the USA 2012 elections from Twitter. It looks at trending topics and recent tweets.
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Trump Archive launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/trump-archive-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 Ahead of the inauguration the Internet Archive has launched its own special Trump collection .
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Revolutionary Papers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/26/revolutionary-papers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2024 An international, transdisciplinary research and teaching initiative on 20 th century anti-colonial, anti-imperial periodicals of the Global South.