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Prestigious global award for School of Education academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/glenn-fulcher
Glenn Fulcher, Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Assessment in the University of Leicester’s School of Education, is the 2021 recipient of the prestigious Messick Memorial Award for his outstanding contribution to validation theory.
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Red squirrel and human leprosy link found at English medieval archaeological site
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/squirrel
New evidence from medieval archaeological sites shows that English red squirrels once served as an important host for Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) strains also responsible for leprosy in humans.
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Openness in animal research among UK’s best
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/leader-in-openness
The University of Leicester has once again been named as one of the UK’s ‘Leaders in Openness’ by national body Understanding Animal Research.
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Spacepower on Earth’s ‘cosmic coastline’ key to future large-scale conflicts, expert warns
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/cas-spacepower
Global developments in military spacepower are likely to play a major role in future conflicts, an expert has warned.
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Europe’s security at risk unless its leaders learn lessons of Russia-Ukraine war, expert warns
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/europe-security-risk-leaders-learn-lessons-russia-ukraine-war
An expert in the Russia-Ukraine war has warned Europe’s leaders to heed the lessons of the conflict or risk war spreading across the continent.
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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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‘Women still under-represented in UK HE management positions’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/women-still-under-represented-in-uk-he-management-positions/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 The latest report from the non profit organisation Women Count indexes the representation of women as governors, Chairs and Vice-Chancellors in each of the 166 HEIs in the UK that...
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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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Challenging the notion of ‘neutrality’ in social media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/02/11/challenging-the-notion-of-neutrality-in-social-media/
Challenging the notion of 'neutrality' in social media University of Leicester School of English Staff blogs
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Northern Ireland Archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/28/northern-ireland-official-publications-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 28, 2017 The Northern Ireland Official Publications Archive (NIOPA) is now freely available at the following address: http://niopa.qub.ac.uk/ It is possible to browse by department.