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• European Union – 60th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/24/european-union-60th-anniversary-of-the-treaty-of-rome/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2017 The EU has been celebrating the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome.

• 70th Anniversary of the United Nations (next year)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/13/70th-anniversary-of-the-united-nations-next-year/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 13, 2015 A  new online exhibition  is being created by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library which celebrates 70 key documents in the history of the UN.

• Hope Not Hate: the State of Hate in 2019

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/22/hope-not-hate-the-state-of-hate-in-2019/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 22, 2019 Annual report from the group which monitors online hate , islamophobia, homophobia and the state of the far right in Britain today.

• How can UK universities improve the teaching of quantitative research methods in the Social Sciences

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/how-can-uk-universities-improve-the-teaching-of-quantitative-research-methods-in-the-social-sciences/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 This is the topic of a major new report just published by the British Academy .  It calls for a greater emphasis upon developing skills more extensively and earlier in courses.

• Media in the Age of Cybersurveillance

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/20/media-in-the-age-of-cybersurveillance/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2015 What is the nature, extent and impact of Internet surveillance on journalism?  This question is considered in a new report Watching the watchdogs just released by CIMA (Center for...

• A hilarious line-up at Attenborough Arts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/a-hilarious-line-up-at-attenborough-arts

  The University of Leicester’s Attenborough Arts Centre will take part in Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival this February; hosting twelve new shows by local favourites and new emerging comedians.

• The Politics of Women’s Suffrage

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/11/22/the-politics-of-womens-suffrage/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2021 The Politics of Women’s Suffrage   edited by Alexandra Hughes-Johnson and Lyndsey Jenkins.  A new open-access book from the School of Advanced study, University of London.

• Our 100: A people’s history of the University

  https://le.ac.uk/centenary/our-100

  As part of the University’s centenary celebrations, we want your help to showcase ‘Our 100’ – 100 things that define our past, present, and future.

• Which countries are the most generous?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/21/which-countries-are-the-most-generous/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2014 Find out from the latest World Giving Report published by the Charities Aid Foundation.

• Work of women mathematicians at the University to be celebrated

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/work-of-women-mathematicians-at-the-university-to-be-celebrated

  The rise in female actuaries, soap films, Brexit voting patterns and stick man drawings are the very diverse subjects under scrutiny in a series of talks by women mathematicians at our University.