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• Are 15-year-olds prepared to deal with fake news and misinformation?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/17/are-15-year-olds-prepared-to-deal-with-fake-news-and-misinformation/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 17, 2021 A report launched by the OECD this week   Data based on the cross-national PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) surveys.

• Tool for humanitarian workers

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/20/tool-for-humanitarian-workers/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2021 Urban-Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (U-NEAT+) The United Nations launched a free online tool recently which is to help humanitarian aid workers rapidly identify and...

• 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.

• Enhanced access to data from International Telecommunications Union

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/16/enhanced-access-to-data-from-itu-international-telecommunications-union/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2012 http://www.itu.int/ The ITU collects data on mobile phones, internet use and access worldwide. Its website offers some free statistics.

• Statelessness Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/17/statelessness-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 17, 2018 In March a new tool, the Statelessness Index ,  to compare national EU government policies towards stateless persons was launched by the European Network on Statelessness It makes...

• Wasps may hold the secret to slowing down the ageing process

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/wasp-aging-leicester-biological

  Scientists at the University of Leicester have discovered that jewel wasps can slow down their biological rate of ageing

• Museums Alive!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2014/11/20/museums-alive/

  Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on November 20, 2014 A guest blog post by Ryan Nutting Museums Alive! participants The PhD students at the University of Leicester School of Museum Studies recently partnered with the Migration Museum Project to...

• How sexual violence in conflict can be combatted through new forensic DNA collecting methods

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/how-sexual-violence-in-conflict-can-be-combatted-through-new-methods-for-collecting-forensic-dna

  Dr Lisa Smith (pictured) from the Department of Criminology has launched a new project to investigate alternative ways of collecting DNA evidence from victims of sexual violence in conflict zones and displaced communities, including refugee camps.

• Researchers create novel compound targeting melanoma cells

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/researchers-create-novel-compound-targeting-melanoma-cells

  An international team of researchers, including a Professor from the University of Leicester, has developed a novel compound that successfully inhibits growth of melanoma cells by targeting specific epigenetic modifying proteins in these cells.

• National touring exhibition Lets Play Vinyl launches with public event celebrating UK sound systems

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/national-touring-exhibition-let2019s-play-vinyl-launches-with-public-event-celebrating-uk-sound-systems

  A free public event entitled ‘Talking Sound Systems’ will be held at Attenborough Arts Centre to launch national touring exhibition Let’s Play Vinyl on Saturday 14 October from 1.00- 2.30 pm in the Princess Diana Hall.