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• Explosive Weapons Monitor 2024

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/06/13/explosive-weapons-monitor-2024/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 13, 2025 The Explosive Weapons Monitor is an initiative of the International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW), a partnership of non-governmental organisations.

• History of Media and Communications at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/media/about/history

  Media and Communication at the University of Leicester has its origins in the Centre for Mass Communication Research which was established at Leicester in 1966. Find out more about our history.

• Protest camps explored in new book co-edited by Leicester academics

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/protest-camps-explored-in-new-book-co-edited-by-leicester-academics

  A new book on protest camps and political activism, edited by two Leicester academics, will be published on Wednesday 29 March.

• Screaming jelly babies and cannon fire at Salters Festival of Chemistry

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/screaming-jelly-babies-and-cannon-fire-at-salters2019-festival-of-chemistry

  60 students from 15 schools in the East Midlands will enjoy an exciting day of chemistry at the Salters' Festival of Chemistry to be held at the University on Thursday 23 April. Each school will be represented by a team of four 11-13 year olds.

• The right rubber for the job

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/the-importance-of-using-the-right-rubber-for-the-job

  Researchers from the Department of Geology have discovered that when it comes to rubbers, textured surfaces, and reproduction, more fluid formulations have greater reliability than those that are thick and sticky.

• Like father like son most European men descend from a handful of Bronze Age forefathers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/like-father-like-son-most-european-men-descend-from-a-handful-of-bronze-age-forefathers

  A team of researchers from the Department of Genetics led by Professor Mark Jobling and Dr Chiara Batini have discovered that most European men descend from just a handful of Bronze Age forefathers, due to a ‘population explosion’ that took place several...

• New PhD course to tackle challenges in Energy and Aerospace sectors

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/new-phd-course-to-tackle-challenges-in-energy-and-aerospace-sectors

  A new postgraduate course has been developed by the University's EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Innovative Metal Processing (IMPaCT) which will train future leaders to tackle challenges in the Aerospace and Energy sectors head-on.

• Finance and physics to provide insight into markets

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/finance-and-physics-to-provide-insight-into-markets

  A new network of researchers led by our University aims to bring together the disparate fields of physics and finance to provide unique insights into financial markets.

• Research suggests exposure to violence during pregnancy increases risk of prematurity and low birthweight

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/research-suggests-exposure-to-violence-during-pregnancy-increases-risk-of-prematurity-and-low-birthweight

  Exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy could lead to an increase in the risk of prematurity and low birthweight, according to research by our University and Queen Mary University of London.

• Continuing professional development modules and short courses

  https://le.ac.uk/health-sciences/study/continuing-education

  We support continuing professional development (CPD) by providing high quality training and transferable skills for healthcare and non-healthcare professionals interested in diabetes, quality and safety in Healthcare and SCAN.