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Incoming University of Leicester Chancellor brings Sky At Night to the city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/bsf-sky-at-night
The University of Leicester’s incoming Chancellor will be bringing a special live edition of the BBC’s Sky at Night show to the city on Wednesday
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Two Leicester archaeologists win prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/leverhulme-prize
Two academics from the University of Leicester’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History have each been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize.
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New United Nations app
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/new-united-nations-app/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 UNU Jargon Buster glossary app for smartphones has about 450 A-Z entries. Find out what the many UN abbreviations mean including those of programmes and organisations.
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Do we really get what we pay for?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/01/26/do-we-really-get-what-we-pay-for/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on January 26, 2017 Donald Trump and Brexit have both been capturing the headlines of late. In a democratic process the USA voted for Trump as President and the UK decided to leave the European Union.
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Gender dynamics within the UN Security Council
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/20/gender-dynamics-within-the-un-security-council/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2024 The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library has completed a project to provide statistical data on the gender composition of the UN Security Council from 1946 onward.
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Report on the World Social Situation digitised
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/07/08/report-on-the-world-social-situation-digitised/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2019 The Dag Hammarskjöld Library has recently digitised back runs of the Report on the World Social Situation (RWSS) published between 1952 to 1993.
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Celebrating LGBT History month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/celebrating-lgbt-history-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 February is LGBT History month http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/ Take a look at the Gay t-Shirt archive! Wearing Gay History a digital archive of American LGBT t-shirts.
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Feminism in the School curriculum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/18/feminism-in-the-school-curriculum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2016 This week MPs discussed the proposal for feminism to be dropped from the A Level politics curriculum. See the draft curriculum from 2015.
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Peace Activism in the UK during the Cold War
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/22/peace-activism-in-the-uk-during-the-cold-war/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2019 A new online resource based upon the archives of CND held in the LSE Library.
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Al Jazeera News game
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/al-jazeera-news-game/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 Interesting example of a game produced by Al Jazeera English which aims to raise questions about investigative journalism and cybersecurity: HACKED: Syria’s...