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University of Leicester receives VIP visit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-of-leicester-receives-vip-visit
Our University has today welcomed a VIP from the United States of America. It is a common misconception that ‘VIP’ always stands for Very Important Person. Actually, sometimes it stands for Very Important Per.
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The characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/the-characteristics-of-successful-entrepreneurs/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 A recent report by the Centre for Policy Studies revealed the backgrounds of over of 1,000 high earning individuals.
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Annenberg Public Policy Centre launches Science Media Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/17/annenberg-public-policy-centre-launches-science-media-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2018 This aims to consider the question – how well do major media companies/news services cover science? The first report in the series is comprised of a content analysis of news reports...
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FAST-Home Study
https://le.ac.uk/timms/collaborations/fast-home-study
Facilitating safe transition to home for preterm infants - a retrospective observational study (The FAST-Home Study)
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Immersive exhibition sheds new light on Calke Abbey’s ‘isolated’ family and gets people talking about loneliness and isolation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/01-calke-abbey
The installation of the interpretation of the library as it was constructed.
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Europeana story dice
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/story-dice/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 Europeana is a cultural heritage site containing images and ephemera from Europe’s major libraries and cultural institutions. Its fun story dice kit can be downloaded and used in teaching.
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LGBTQ+ plus heritage on Europeana
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/04/lgbtq-plus-heritage-on-europeana/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2023 LGBTQ+ e xhibitions, biographies and images on this cultural site which draws on the collections of national libraries from European nations.
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HOWL
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/18/howl/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2023 History of Women’s Liberation has just been launched The main aim of the HOWL website is to collect the memories and stories of feminists involved in women’s liberation movement in...
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Early UK business women
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/06/24/early-uk-business-women/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2022 Women Who Meant Business : Stories of early businesswomen who broke the mould. A website maintained by independent researcher Lizzie Broadbent.
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1979 elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/02/1979-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2015 Rewind to the 1979 elections #79 rewind from the Open University is tweeting stories from the 1979 campaign to examine how they correspond with current issues.