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Leicester plays key role in BBC Secret Life of Sue Townsend Aged 68 programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/the-secret-life-of-sue-townsend-aged-68-3-4
Our University has played a key role in a new BBC programme on honorary graduate and Distinguished Honorary Fellow Sue Townsend, who died in 2014.
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Varsity Victory for Team Leicester Cricket
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/team-leicester-cricket-varsity-victory
1pm, Friday 20 May, Fischer County Ground, Grace Rd, Leicester LE2 8AD Result: ULCC 148-4 in 20 overs beat DMUCC 123-6 off 20 overs Traditionally the smallest of the showcase Varsity events, the prospect of a game under the brand new floodlights at the Fischer County Ground...
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BLM memorial fence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/17/blm-memorial-fence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2022 The Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Artifact Collection Note: this resource contains strong language and references to brutality and violence.
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Leicester Physicist Competing in Famelab 2020
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/04/24/leicester-physicist-competing-in-famelab-2020/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 24 April 2020 Leicester physicist takes part in the FameLab Northern Heat.
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ACCESS BROADBAND Dashboard (US)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/22/access-broadband-dashboard-us/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2023 The U.S. Census Bureau, in partnership with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), has launched a data dashboard.
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Votes for women: coronation special (1911)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/votes-for-women-coronation-special-1911/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 An important part of suffrage campaigning was the organisation of mass processions and parades for the 1911 Coronation of King George V.
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Understanding 9/11: A television news archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/26/understanding-911-a-television-news-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 26, 2016 Free access to this resource made available by the Internet Archive.
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Measuring Peace in the Media 2011
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/04/27/measuring-peace-in-the-media-2011/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2012 The Institute for Economics & Peace produces a number of indexes which measure levels of peace and conflict worldwide.
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Demographic data UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/22/demographic-data-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2013 By 2016 most parents will be unmarried Latest birth data from the National office of Statistics sees an increase in children born to unmarried parents.
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US Government release full text First World War documents online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/16/us-government-release-full-text-first-world-war-documents-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2018 Now available: The United States Army in the World War, 1917-1919 Published in 1948, this 17 volume set contains key documents, maps, and records for the American...