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ILO Research Repository
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/01/ilo-research-repository/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2023 The ILO Research Repository provides free access to over 20,000 publications, mostly published since 2000.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/research
The Department of Engineering at the University of Leicester is internationally renowned for the quality of its research.
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Employers who underpay workers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/employers-who-underpay-workers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 The UK government has released a list of 350 employers who failed to the minimum wage . The page also has facts on the key industrial sectors concerned.
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Research shows centuryold culture of blame still prominent today
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/research-shows-a-century-old-2018culture-of-blame2019-is-still-prominent-today
Representatives from over 20 different healthcare organisations will be convening at the University on 11 June to discuss how old patterns of patient safety and historical complaints against doctors are still being replicated in the modern welfare system – and what lessons...
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University of Leicester academic involved with new Bible Museum from inception
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/university-of-leicester-academic-involved-with-new-bible-museum-from-inception
One month before it opens to the public, Museum of the Bible—the 430,000-square-foot museum being dedicated Nov. 17 three blocks from the U.S. Capitol—will host a scholarly panel discussion on Oct. 17 at 2 p.m. at the museum.
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Being Disturbingly Informative. By Shane McCorristine
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/10/31/disturbingly-informative/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on October 31, 2016 Last year I visited a fine old building nestled incongruously close to the skyscrapers and busy financial offices of Market Street in downtown Philadelphia.
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Ischaemic preconditioning and remote conditioning of cardiac muscle
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/research/intervention/ischaemic
Our laboratory is interested in ischaemia/reperfusion injury in the heart and how the cardioprotective technique of remote ischaemic conditioning works to both protect the heart against I/R injury but also prevent adverse remodelling of the myocardium following ischemic injury.
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Parental monitoring of internet use
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/parental-monitoring-of-internet-use/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report 2014 The latest report from Ofcom presents findings on the use of new media by British children and the role of parents in...
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Colourful plastics may lead to more microplastics: new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/microplastic-colours
Study led by University of Leicester concludes that colourants in plastic can affect the rate at which it breaks down and can lead to more harmful microplastics released into the environment
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Tumour analysis following surgery could provide breakthrough in predicting how well cancer patients respond to drug treatment research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/tumour-analysis-following-surgery-could-provide-breakthrough-in-predicting-how-well-cancer-patients-respond-to-drug-treatment-research-shows
A novel approach developed by researchers from our University and the MRC Toxicology Unit could help to predict how well patients respond to drugs designed to fight various forms of cancer.