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RISE – Research Institute for Social Mobility and Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/19/rise-research-institute-for-social-mobility-and-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2020 This week saw the launch of RISE a new think tank, part funded by the University of Bolton which will conduct research into areas of education and social mobility policy...
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How can online learning be improved?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/22/how-can-online-learning-be-improved/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2021 A relevant question at the moment.
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Netflix research
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/25/netflix-research/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2018 Netflix have just launched their own official site where they will be posting white papers and articles on what they are researching. See the Netflix official blog for further details.
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African women own fewer assets than men
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/25/african-women-own-fewer-assets-than-men/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 25, 2019 Latest Afrobarometer finding on opinion polls conducted in 34 African nations 2016-18. It also covers attitudes towards household decision making.
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Posters from the Irish Civil Rights movement
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/27/posters-from-the-irish-civil-rights-movement/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 27, 2020 A new online exhibition from the Working Class Movement Library It includes images from 1969 posters made in Belfast and by London Poster Workshop.
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Virtual Votes for Women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/01/virtual-votes-for-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2021 Based on the temporary exhibition held at the Museum of London between February 2018 and March 2019. It has biographies of key suffragettes, images of events and artefacts.
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Stories of a Different Kind
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2013/12/13/stories-of-a-different-kind/
Stories of a Different Kind - an action research project, culminating in the performance 'Cabinet of Curiosities: How disability was kept in a box', that explores how museum collections can be used to engage audiences in debate and to tackle contemporary social issues...
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Leicester academic contributes to new report on negotiations between the UK and EU
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-academic-contributes-to-new-report-on-negotiations-between-the-uk-and-eu-1
Professor Adam Cygan from our School of Law has contributed to a new report released by UK in a Changing Europe entitled the 'Cost of No Deal'.
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President and ViceChancellor speaks to Leicesters postgraduate community
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/president-and-vice-chancellor-speaks-to-leicesters-postgraduate-community
President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has given an interview to Frontier, the University's postgraduate research magazine written by members of our postgraduate community.
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Paul Martin
https://le.ac.uk/people/paul-martin
The academic profile of Dr Paul Martin, Distance Learning Tutor at University of Leicester