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DNA fingerprinting
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting
In 1984 Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys discovered the technique of genetic fingerprinting at the University of Leicester, learn more about his work.
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Poverty report 2023
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/18/poverty-report-2023/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 18, 2023 The 2023 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index report – Unstacking global poverty: Data for high-impact action – produced in partnership with the United Nations Development...
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A.Sivanandan 1923-2018, thoughts and writings.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/04/a-sivanandan-1923-2018-thoughts-and-writings/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2022 A.
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Longer lives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/longer-lives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 The UK government has launched a new public health site to provide citizens with easily accessible data about premature death and mortality rates: http://longerlives.phe.org.
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45% of British adults display antisemitic attitudes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/16/45-of-british-adults-display-antisemitic-attitudes/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 16, 2015 According to the Annual Antisemitism Barometer issued by Campaign against Antisemitism, ‘45% of British adults display antisemitic attitudes’.
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Israel Elections 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/israel-elections-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 Elections are due to take place on 17th March. The Israel Democracy Institute website is a good starting point for background information on the electoral process.
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WTO Tariff & Trade Data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/04/11/wto-tariff-trade-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2025 Recently launched, the WTO Tariff & Trade Data is an online platform providing enhanced access to official tariff and trade figures for over 150 economies.
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Anti-bullying
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/anti-bullying/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 R ecent research from the TUC from a YouGov survey recorded nearly one third of people who responded had suffered bullying.
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Gender statistics database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/gender-statistics-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) (an autonomous body of the European Union) has just launched a new gender statistics database for researchers which enables easy comparisons...
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Population growth
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/population-growth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 Population Council develop new tool for assessing factors driving future population growth in a country.