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US elections: historic data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/09/us-elections-historic-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2020 Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House Representatives – Election Statistics The Clerk of the U.S.
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Social media and universities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/07/social-media-and-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 7, 2014 Social Media: When Should the University Intervene? An interesting article from Australia currently available free of charge from the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management.
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Are you addicted to your smartphone?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/are-you-addicted-to-your-smartphone/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 According to the latest Ofcom communications market report more people use smartphones than laptops. 33% regard it as their most used device for going online rather than a laptop.
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Poverty in Europe
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/04/poverty-in-europe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 4, 2014 Poverty Reduction in Europe: Social Policy and Innovation (ImPRovE) Useful project which is focusing upon social policy and poverty in Europe.
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Can social media predict election results?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/can-social-media-predict-election-results/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 A recent SSRN paper from Cardiff University developed a model using Twitter and considers how it could be applied to the UK 2015 general election.
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Hate crimes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/16/hate-crimes/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 16, 2016 MIC launches database of transgender murders A key initiative has recently been unveiled in tracking this underreported crime.
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Fake News – a new tool
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/fake-news-a-new-tool/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 Hoaxy is a joint project of the Indiana University Network Science Institute ( IUNI ) and the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research it aims to provide visualisations of fake...
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Activities
https://le.ac.uk/health-data-research/activities
Software tools and standards Café Variome is a complete data discovery solution designed to provide a general-purpose, web-based tool that can be quickly installed by any genotype-phenotype data owner, or network of data owners.
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Time of day matters for breast cancer treatment: new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/chronoradiotherapy
Risk of developing breast shrinkage (atrophy) after radiotherapy can be affected by the time of day the patient is treated and their genetics.
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Professional services staff
https://le.ac.uk/law/people/professional-services
Browse a list of the professional services staff currently working in Leicester Law School and see their contact details to get in touch via telephone or email.