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Experts warn that space is the next environment at risk of serious damage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/experts-warn-that-space-is-the-next-environment-at-risk-of-serious-damage
Space is the next environment that has to be protected against the impact of human development, a panel of top experts has warned at the UK Government's GREAT Festival of Innovation in Hong Kong.
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Diabetes action plan to tackle huge rise in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/diabetes-2018action-plan2019-to-tackle-huge-rise-in-leicester
Leicester has become the first UK city to launch a dedicated diabetes action plan as part of a global drive to combat an alarming rise in diagnoses of the condition.
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Researchers help map the route to a highly skilled digital future for museums
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/researchers-help-map-the-route-to-a-highly-skilled-digital-future-for-museums
Research from Leicester and Warwick will help to transform the ways UK museums use digital technologies to share their collections and engage new audiences with their work.
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Demand for free colonial history lessons spikes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/colonial-countryside
Free home schooling packs about Britain’s colonial past have seen a surge in popularity. Requests for the Colonial Countryside packs, written by author and history teacher Dan Lyndon-Cohen, have gone from one or two a week to more than 30 a day.
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Tamara Jowhire
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/author/tj83/
A graduate’s perspective on innovations in learning and teaching Posted by Tamara Jowhire in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on November 18, 2016 I am a recent Chemistry graduate from the University of Leicester, and I am currently working as an...
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Benjamin Zephaniah
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/07/benjamin-zephaniah/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 7, 2023 Sadly, Benjamin Zephaniah has passed away at the age of 65. We have many of his books in the library collection.
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Impact of COVID on elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/10/impact-of-covid-on-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2021 Briefing on how coronavirus has affected UK elections , from the House of Commons Library Posted in Politics | Tagged COVID-19 , Democracy , Elections , Politics , United Kingdom Share...
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Kit de Waal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/19/kit-de-waal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2022 Our own writer in residence reads her autobiography Without Warning and Only Sometimes Listen on BBC Radio 4 or Box of Broadcasts . Available in the UK only.
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Global Cybersecurity Index 2020
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/07/19/global-cybersecurity-index-2020/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 19, 2021 The latest annual ranking from the ITU measures national countries legal measures (e.g.
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The nuclear bomb: destroyers of planets?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/nuclear-bomb
Read the article "The nuclear bomb: destroyers of planets?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.