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End of Term web archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/02/28/end-of-term-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 28, 2025 The End of Term Web Archive is a project which saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations.
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Study reveals new associations with lung disease and smoking behaviour
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/study-reveals-new-associations-with-lung-disease-and-smoking-behaviour
Smokers who survive their habit into old age may hold the key to better lung health for all, according to a study involving co-led by Professor Martin Tobin (pictured) from the Department of Health Sciences and funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC).
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Women are more fairly funded in the social sciences
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/women-are-more-fairly-funded-in-the-social-sciences
Accounting for academic position, women are as successful as men at winning grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and they receive grants that are actually slightly larger than those won by men.
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Award nomination for Centre for Medicines sustainability credentials
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/award-nomination-for-centre-for-medicine2019s-sustainability-credentials
The University’s landmark Centre for Medicine building is one of three projects shortlisted for the ProCon Leicestershire Awards Sustainable Development of the Year Award 2016.
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Activities and events
https://le.ac.uk/colonial-countryside/activities-events
Learn what we have done so far within the Colonial Countryside project and what we plan on doing in the future. Get more information on the events we have held and if there are any coming up.
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Professor Hillman Collaborates on Knife Research Paper
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/news/professor-hillman-collaborates-on-knife-research-paper
The University of Leicester's Professor Hillman has collaborated on high-impact research looking into round tipped kitchen blades and how they could help reduce knife crime and accidents involving knives.
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Studying as a mature student: David's story
https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/study/undergraduate/mature-student-stories
"I can still remember filling in my personal statement and pausing only briefly to reflect on why I wanted to read archaeology at Leicester. "It was a long-standing itch that needed scratching" was how I answered that one.
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Exploring the transient Universe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/exploring-the-transient-universe
A novel mission - to understand how the Universe began and what it is made of – involves Professor Paul O'Brien from our Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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Industry partnerships inspired by University life sciences showcase
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/industry-partnerships-inspired-by-university-life-sciences-showcase
The pioneering, eighteen-month, Industry & Academia Exchange (IAX) programme funded through the Medical Research Council’s Proximity to Discovery Scheme, got underway with an inspiring showcase event at Winstanley House in Leicester.
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Sensational anti-drag queen David Hoyle to give special free performance in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/sensational-anti-drag-queen-david-hoyle-to-give-special-free-performance-in-leicester
Sensational anti-drag queen David Hoyle is giving a special free performance in Leicester as part of LGBT+ History Month being marked at our University. Hoyle came to prominence in the 1990s as the Divine David.