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• Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

  https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/sustainable-cities-communities

  The eleventh Sustainable Development Goal is to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

• The Changing Wealth of Nations 1995-2014

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/09/the-changing-wealth-of-nations-1995-2014/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2018 This book from the World Bank tracks the wealth of 141 countries between 1995 and 2014.

• Written in the stars TV and radio science presenter Professor Jim AlKhalili to discuss the role of determinism in our universe

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/written-in-the-stars-tv-and-radio-science-presenter-professor-jim-al-khalili-to-discuss-the-role-of-determinism-in-our-universe

  Do you consider your actions the result of free will, or of a preordained path we are destined to follow? At the Institute of Physics 2018 Prestige Lecture, hosted at our University, physicist and presenter Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE will lead a whistle-stop tour of modern...

• Conflict in the Philippines

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/30/conflict-in-the-philippines/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2015 The new Bangsamoro Conflict Monitoring System from Alert and the World Bank is collecting current and historic data on incidences of political violence in the region.

• Schools and study

  https://le.ac.uk/cssah/study

  Browse the departments and Schools which make up the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities at the University of Leicester.

• The Blue Boar Inn

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/richard-iii-and-leicester/blue-boar-inn

  The Blue Boar Inn was constructed in the mid-15th century. Richard’s final stay in Leicester was for one or two nights at the Blue Boar Inn on 19 and 20 August.

• Feminist Struggles in the Academy in the UK and India 

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/03/feminist-struggles-in-the-academy-in-the-uk-and-india/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2020 A new  comic book based on a wider research project   funded by the University Grants Commission and the UK-India Educational Research Initiative and led by Radhika Govinda and...

• Shedding light on historical stories of displacement and forced migration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/shedding-light-on-historical-stories-of-displacement-and-forced-migration

  During Leicester’s 2018 Journeys Festival international, where the creative talents of exceptional refugee and asylum seeker artists are celebrated, the University of Leicester’s DICE unit is hosting an event entitled ‘Reckoning with Refugeedom.

• Journeys festival makes a stop off at Attenborough Arts Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/journeys-festival-makes-a-stop-at-attenborough-arts-centre

  The Attenborough Arts Centre is hosting an event as part of the ArtReach's 'Journeys' festival, which celebrates the artistic talents of refugee and asylum seeker artists, sharing refugee stories through great art and culture.

• Social Media and the Olympics

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/22/social-media-and-the-olympics/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2016 A great example of the use of Instagram to highlight street art in Rio.