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Bestselling author Louise Doughty awarded Honorary Degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/louise-doughty
The bestselling Leicestershire-born author, playwright and journalist, Louise Doughty, has today (Wednesday 19 January) been awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of Leicester.
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Celebrating six decades of research in the Adrian Building and 40 Years of Genetic Fingerprinting – Public Event, October 11th
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/genetics-adrian-richard-iii-dna
To mark the forthcoming closure of the Adrian Building, the former Department of Genetics, Genomics and Cancer Sciences (GGCS) is hosting a public event on Saturday, October 11th, in Lecture Theatre 2 of the Sir Bob Burgess Building, Welford Road.
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Rachel Bennett
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/author/rb346/
Rachel Bennett is currently in the final year of her PhD which has been conducted as part of the Wellcome Trust funded project, Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse.
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My Suffering is my Badge of Honour
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2019/05/21/my-suffering-is-my-badge-of-honour/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on May 21, 2019 Last week I attended the first International Conference on the Mental Health & Wellbeing of Postgraduate Researchers.
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What makes cities competitive?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/08/what-makes-cities-competitive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 8, 2016 Find out by downloading a recent working paper from the World Bank – Kilroy, A.F.L., Mukim, M., Negri, S. (2015) Competitive cities for jobs and growth : what, who, and how .
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PGR Careers blog University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2014/09/05/which-tennis-ball-am-i-chasing/
PGR Careers blog from the University of Leicester
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British Police and Race
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/05/police-and-race/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2015 British Police and Race The Centre for Crime and Justice has just provided free access to a collection of articles under the heading #BlackLivesMatter which discuss aspects of policing...
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African Online Digital Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/20/african-online-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 20, 2015 The African Online Digital Library is a collaborative project between MATRIX, the Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, the African Studies Center, and universities...
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Bank of Mum and Dad fund 25% of Mortgages
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/06/bank-of-mum-and-dad-fund-25-of-mortgages/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2016 According to the latest research report from Legal and General and Centre for Economics and Business research (CEBR) in 2016 the high cost of housing means that 25% of all mortgage...
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Bias, Bullsh*t and Lies: Audience Perspectives on Low Trust in the Media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/15/bias-bullsht-and-lies-audience-perspectives-on-low-trust-in-the-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2017 The latest report from the Reuters Institute , University of Oxford, focuses on the readers perspective on fake news.