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Digital Incivility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/digital-incivility/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 The Microsoft Digital Civility Index (DCI) Microsoft has been measuring online behaviour and has found a worrying increase of bad behaviour and digital incivility over the last 4 years.
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New resource for European newspapers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/18/new-resource-for-european-newspapers/
Posted by William Farrell in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 18, 2016 Europeana Newspapers is a new resource that allows researchers to access digitised newspaper collections from 22 national libraries across Europe.
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Black students and access to HE
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/12/16/black-students-and-access-to-he/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 16, 2022 78% of universities are less likely to make Black students an offer to study than other similar applicants, according to the Ethnic Representation Index (ERI) launched by University...
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African Regional Integration Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/06/04/african-regional-integration-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2020 The second edition has recently been released in a collaboration between The African Union Commission, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the African Development Bank.
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Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970 – 2019)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/14/atlas-of-mortality-and-economic-losses-from-weather-climate-and-water-extremes-1970-2019/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2021 WMO Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970 – 2019 ) A rich source of data published recently by the World Meteorological...
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The Mixed Museum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/the-mixed-museum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 Exhibitions at The Mixed Museum A digital museum which records and explores history of ethnic and inter-racial mixing in the UK.
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Weight re-gained after weight loss results in less muscle, more fat, study finds
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/overweight
A Leicester study that measured the fat mass and fat-free (muscle) mass of dieters suggests that weight loss followed by weight regain has a negative impact on muscle mass.
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The Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/lias
The Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies (LIAS) is an interdisciplinary centre of excellence.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/hercules/people
The Hercules project is a University-wide collaboration at Leicester supported by EPSRC.
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Leicester cardiology consultant awarded prestigious research professorship
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/leicester-cardiology-consultant-awarded-prestigious-research-professorship
A cardiology consultant from Leicester has been awarded a prestigious research professorship from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).