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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/8/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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The Appeal of Hybrid Working
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2022/10/16/the-appeal-of-hybrid-working/
Homeworking’s contradictory nature means in its pure form it can never be a perfect answer, but this means that hybrid working has the potential to be an alternative imperfectly perfect working arrangement.
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Environment and Society
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/research/chemistry-for-a-sustainable-future/environment-and-society
Understanding our changing environment is key to the discovery of new technological solutions. Learn more about our research with environmental and societal impact.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/185/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Study determines performance appraisal success depends on frequent feedback and good standard setting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/study-determines-performance-appraisal-success-depends-on-frequent-feedback-and-good-standard-setting
Appraisal of employees often gets a bad press, but recent research suggests if it involves frequent feedback between the formal appraisal and good prior planning and communication of standards then it can be successful and appreciated by employees.
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Expert opinions cover a nodeal Brexit finding Beagle 2 Donald Trump psychologist Hans Eysenck and the rising breast cancer rate in China
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/expert-opinions-cover-a-2018no-deal2019-brexit-finding-beagle-2-donald-trump-psychologist-hans-eysenck-and-the-rising-breast-cancer-rate-in-china
With the Prime Minister’s recent suggestion of a 'no-deal' Brexit, Professor Panicos Demetriades from our School of Business uses his experience as governor of the central bank of Cyprus to reflect upon the issues with this idea.
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Quality of conference presentations could be affected by social media
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/quality-of-conference-presentations-could-be-affected-by-social-media
A new pilot study into the impact of Twitter on conferences suggests that social media may impact on quality of presentations as speakers receive real-time feedback.
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How the BBC is using WhatsApp
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/how-the-bbc-is-using-whatsapp/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 A really interesting case study and webinar made available by World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers which discusses use of social media by the BBC World Service to...
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Disability arts online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/19/disability-arts-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2022 Disability arts online , led by disabled UK artists, includes advice and support for disabled artists as well as listings, reviews, news relating to the arts and accessibility to...
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The impact of online misinformation on U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/04/the-impact-of-online-misinformation-on-u-s-covid-19-vaccinations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2021 Paper from arxiv with the following findings: consistently, negative opinions toward vaccines are correlated with misinformation.