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Leicester-led review shows around one in three hospital infections involve antimicrobial resistance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/antimicrobial-resistance-amr-leicester-hospital-infections
A University of Leicester-led study shows that in hospital settings antimicrobial resistance is common and independently associated with a higher risk of death.
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Communication and Influence – An Essential Transferable Skill (or is it skills?).
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/03/29/communication-and-influence-an-essential-transferable-skill-or-is-it-skills/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on March 29, 2017 “The meaning of communication is the response you get” – Anthony Robbins.
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World Humanitarian Data And Trends 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/world-humanitarian-data-and-trends-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 The United Nations Office For the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has just released the latest annual report which has overall country and regional data.
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World Friendship Day – July 30th
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/03/world-friendship-day-july-30th/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2018 World Friendship day- why it is bad to be lonely ? 30th July was designated International day of friendship by the United Nations.
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Congressional Reports Service website launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/congressional-reports-service-website-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 Recently launched, an official website which provides free access to non-confidential briefing papers and reports supplied to members of the US Congress.
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Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Selected Writings
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/07/millicent-garrett-fawcett-selected-writings/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2022 A University of Edinburgh CDCS and genderEd online book-launch event held in September 2022.
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Autograph letter collection, second batch
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/04/autograph-letter-collection-second-batch/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2023 A second batch of letters from the Autograph Letter Collection totalling 3,200 letters. This collection contains letters of prominent correspondents dating from 1851 to 1975.
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Eighteenth-Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/15/eighteenth-century-political-participation-electoral-culture/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2023 Eighteenth-Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture (ECPPEC) A project funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council to research how people participated...
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When did mindfulness become a thing?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/11/29/when-did-mindfulness-become-a-thing/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on November 29, 2017 “The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it is called the present.
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University of Leicester staff blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/08/01/podcast-pythagoras-trousers/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on August 1, 2016 Juno has just passed a major milestone in its first wide orbit around the giant planet, having passed by its apojove, the furtherest distance to Jupiter (8.1 million km).