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Research team receives 65 million for EURO SHOCK heart attack study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/research-team-receives-20ac6-5-million-for-euro-shock-heart-attack-study
A team of researchers at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, UK - a partnership between Leicester’s Hospitals, the University of Leicester and Loughborough University - has been awarded €6.5 million from the Horizon 2020 European Commission fund.
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Skin swabs could detect COVID-19
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/skin-swabs
COVID-19 could be detected through non-invasive skin swab samples, new research published by the Universities of Leicester, Surrey and Manchester has revealed today.
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Leicester ranked among top universities for Clinical Medicine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/shanghai-ranking
The University of Leicester has been ranked in the top 5 UK universities for Clinical Medicine by the prestigious Shanghai World Rankings.
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Leicester researcher examines differing factors behind forest fires
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/cop-forest-fires
A study of forest fires in the tropics has led a University of Leicester researcher to highlight the need to monitor ecosystems in more detail to try and prevent their destruction.
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Women’s history month: Europeana online exhibitions
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/womens-history-month-europeana-online-exhibitions/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 Europeana online exhibitions and blogs covering women’s history themes. The essays feature images of material items from Europe’s national libraries.
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Find health and social care statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/07/find-health-and-social-care-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 7, 2014 Sources of Social Statistics: Health Services and Public Health Where can you find the latest data on a range of UK social welfare and topics? This useful briefing...
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African Regional Integration Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/06/04/african-regional-integration-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2020 The second edition has recently been released in a collaboration between The African Union Commission, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the African Development Bank.
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Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals, 2020
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/30/atlas-of-sustainable-development-goals-2020/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 30, 2020 The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals, 2020 is based upon The World Bank’s World Development Indicators database, as well as from a wide variety of other...
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Security: Latin America and Caribbean
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/11/security-latin-america-and-caribbean/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2014 iGarapé Citizen Security Database This database maps security in 18 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean for the period 1999-2013.
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TCData360 launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/13/tcdata360-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2017 A new site from the World Bank which provides free access to open data on trade and competitiveness.