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RISE – Research Institute for Social Mobility and Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/19/rise-research-institute-for-social-mobility-and-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2020 This week saw the launch of RISE a new think tank, part funded by the University of Bolton which will conduct research into areas of education and social mobility policy...
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Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Country Indicators
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/22/micro-small-and-medium-enterprise-country-indicators/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 22, 2013 From the International financial corporation, (MSME-CI) Access to free data back 20 years on the number of small and medium business in 132 nations.
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The Beer Game: supply and demand chains
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/23/the-beer-game-supply-and-demand-chains/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2024 The Beer Game was invented in the 1960s by Jay Forrester at MIT. The game was designed to teach about supply and demand chains .
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Reith Lectures Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/07/01/reith-lectures-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2011 Audio files and transcripts of over 240 lectures from 1948 onwards. These lectures are funded by the BBC and aim to advance public understanding of contemporary issues.
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Sight and Sound – electronically
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/24/sight-and-sound-electronically/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2011 We now have access to Sight and Sound electronically from 01/01/2000 to date.
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Women in data science
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/22/women-in-data-science/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2019 A resource from Stanford University. The Women in Data Science initiative was launched in 2018.
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Major boost for Leicester spin-out company Haemostatix
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/major-boost-for-leicester-spin-out-company-haemostatix
UK-based Ergomed plc, a company specialising in services to the pharmaceutical industry and new drug development, has acquired Haemostatix Ltd, originally a University of Leicester spin-out company.
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Databases and Domain Modelling
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/co2102
Module code: CO2102 In this module, we will: Explain the basic techniques involved in the protocol stack, web development, data organisation, storage and retrieval based on the relational database model Implement, maintain, and query simple databases using database...
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Databases and Domain Modelling
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/co2102
Module code: CO2102 In this module, we will: Explain the basic techniques involved in the protocol stack, web development, data organisation, storage and retrieval based on the relational database model Implement, maintain, and query simple databases using database...
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Leicester geologist leads new book on the forensic application of microfossils
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-geologist-leads-new-book-on-the-forensic-application-of-microfossils
Professor Mark Williams from our Department of Geology has recently published a new book exploring how microfossils can be used to shed light on human history.