Search
-
Could human tissue be used by researchers in place of animal models
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/could-human-tissue-be-used-by-researchers-in-place-of-animal-models
Professor Peter Bradding from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation is involved in a research project examining how to expand the use of human lung tissue to reduce the use of animal tissue in research.
-
Study suggests human impact has created a plastic planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-human-impact-has-created-a-2018plastic-planet2019
Planet Earth’s oceans and lands will be buried by increasing layers of plastic waste by the mid-century due to human activity, according to research led by researchers from the Department of Geology.
-
Leicester students crack mystery of Rudolph’s red nose
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/rudolph-redshift
Of all Santa Claus’ reindeer, Rudolph is best known for his bright red nose. But just how fast would he need to travel for his nose to shine its famous scarlet colour? Students at the University of Leicester have discovered the answer.
-
gesisDataSearch: a Data Discovery Index for the Social Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/20/gesisdatasearch-a-data-discovery-index-for-the-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2018 Now in beta, a new tool which will enable researchers to quickly identify high quality social and economic datasets.
-
Reminder: Primary Sources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/01/18/reminder-primary-sources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2013 USA 108 volumes of the Foreign Relations of the United States are now available in epub and MOBI formats. http://history.state.
-
Technology and protest
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/04/20/technology-and-protest/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2012 Tell Dave protests: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/britains-web-monitoring-plan-draws-comparisons-to-1984-and-kafka/2012/04/02/gIQAbNB5qS_blog.
-
A’ level results, HE and social mobility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/18/a-level-results-he-and-social-mobility/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 18, 2017 How do this year’s A’ level results compare? For official statistics see the Department of Education official data. from 2003 onwards.
-
Zero hour contracts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/zero-hour-contracts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 The UK Office for National Statistics has just released some initial data on the number of individuals employed on zero hours contracts.
-
Discrimination against BAME H.E. staff
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/03/discrimination-against-bame-h-e-staff/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2020 Shocking results from the Access & Participation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicities in UK Postgraduate Research – Policy Briefing UK CGE The proportion of Black,...
-
Ipso Mori state of the nation report 2013
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/01/18/ipso-mori-state-of-the-nation-report-2013/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2013 Ipso Mori state of the nation report 2013 examined public attitudes towards the economy and indicated a growing optimism in relation to last year.