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Place and the Brexit vote
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/26/place-and-the-brexit-vote/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2018 Interesting report released by the University of Southampton and the New Local Government Network.
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National Disability Arts Collection and Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/19/national-disability-arts-collection-and-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2022 The National Disability Arts Collection and Archive based at Buckinghamshire New University is a national resource which tells the history of the disability arts movement in the UK.
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Centre for Academic Achievement
https://le.ac.uk/library/academic-achievement
Support and resources for students. Includes maths and statistics, academic writing, dissertations, assignments, preparing for exams, referencing. Academic skills academic achievement
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Mary Attenborough (1896-1961)
https://le.ac.uk/about/campus-development/freemens/freemens-building-names/mary-attenborough
Mary Attenborough was the wife of Frederick Attenborough, Principal of University College Leicester between 1932– 1951 and mother to their three sons: Richard, David and John.
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The Cultural Value of Engaging with Museums and Galleries
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/engaging-with-museums-2
This event explored the findings of RCMG’s research on the cultural value of museums and galleries.
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Prolonged periods of sedentary time strongly associated with amount of fat around internal organs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/prolonged-periods-of-sedentary-time-strongly-associated-with-amount-of-fat-around-internal-organs
A team of researchers from the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, UK – a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, our University and Loughborough University - has found new evidence to suggest that longer periods of sedentary time (defined as any sitting/reclining...
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Leicester academic wins bronze medal for Team GB in Age Group European Championships Triathlon in Madrid
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/5-dr-charlotte-smith-competing-in-the-european-long-distance-triathlon-age-group-championships
Leicester academic Dr Charlotte Smith wins bronze for Team GB in Age Group European Championships Triathlon in Madrid
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Harnessing the ‘wisdom of crowds’ can help combat antibiotic over prescription
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/wisdom-of-crowds
A new study has demonstrated that using the ‘wisdom of crowds’ (also known as collective intelligence) of three or more medical prescribers, can improve decisions about antibiotic prescribing and help combat rising levels of antibiotic resistance.
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Evolution and Past Environments
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/evolution-past-environments
Evolution and Past Environments research at Leicester is concerned with reconstructing environmental conditions and the evolution of life from “deep time” (Palaeozoic and Cenozoic) to the Anthropocene. This theme includes the Centre for Palaeobiology.
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The Ancient Near East
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ah2037
Module code: AH2037 The Ancient Near East stretched from the shores of the Mediterranean to the mountains of modern-day Afghanistan, and included a dazzling array of different peoples, states, empires and communities.