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• New online app for reporting sexual violence in Brazil

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/new-online-app-for-reporting-sexual-violence-in-brazil/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 Innovative use of new technology by UNICEF and UN-Habitat: a website which also works as a smartphone app that brings together information on support services for women and girls who are...

• Study suggests seated upper body physical activity can reduce risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes made worse by sitting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/study-suggests-seated-upper-body-physical-activity-can-reduce-risk-of-heart-disease-and-type-2-diabetes-made-worse-by-sitting

  A new study conducted at the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), including researchers from our University, has found that breaking up prolonged bouts of restful sitting with short, frequent bouts of simple seated arm exercises can benefit obese patients at high...

• Materials Innovation Centre (MatIC)

  https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/materials-innovation-centre-matic

  Materials Innovation Centre (MatIC) is a long-term strategic partnership between TWI and the University of Leicester, one of the world’s top universities. MatIC focuses on materials characterization, materials modelling and novel materials development.

• UNESCO open data

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/30/unesco-open-data/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2015 UNESCO has created a new portal with data on annual expenditure and ongoing projects since 2014.  It includes donor, regional and theme based information.

• MedRACE

  https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace

  MedRACE prevention of racial harassment BMS Charter Leicester Medical School staff and students

• In Safe Hands: The Battle for Midwifery

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/16/the-battle-for-midwifery-royal-college-of-surgeons-of-edinburgh-digital-exhibition/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 16, 2025 This digital exhibition from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh explores the story of midwifery and obstetrics through the centuries, with particular emphasis on the increasing...

• Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/06/13/generative-ai-and-jobs-a-refined-global-index-of-occupational-exposure/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 13, 2025 This ILO Working Paper updates an earlier 2023 edition. It examines potential job threats posed by AI in different sectors using a methodology provided.

• Walking pace found to strongly predict risk of death

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/walking-pace-mortality-risk-leicester

  A new analysis of more than 400,000 UK adults by University of Leicester experts has found that easy to collect measures of physical health, particularly how fast someone walks, can significantly improve predictions of mortality risk.

• Richard Jones

  https://le.ac.uk/people/richard-jones

  The academic profile of Dr Richard Jones, Associate Professor of Landscape History at University of Leicester

• University holds first overseas Open Days in China

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/25-china-open-days

  The University of Leicester launched two overseas Open Days in China this weekend. The Open Days, the first that the University has held outside of the UK, took place on Saturday 23 March in Beijing and on Sunday 24 March in Guangzhou.