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‘Closing the Gender Pay gap would take 95 years’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/24/closing-the-gender-pay-gap-would-take-95-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2017 Across OECD nations at current rates of progress according to the latest PWC Women in work report.
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How has the Internet changed scholarly communication?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/20/how-has-the-internet-changed-scholarly-communication/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 20, 2015 Useful briefing from the Association of Research Libraries journal which gives a basic overview changes of trends in academic publishing since 1990s, covering journals online books...
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Richard III landmarks ranked in Smithsonians 25 Great New Places to See list
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/richard-iii-landmarks-ranked-in-smithsonians-25-great-new-places-to-see-list
Richard III landmarks around Leicester, including Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, the King Richard III Visitor Centre and Leicester Cathedral, have been ranked twelfth place in the Smithsonian's 'The 21st Century Life List: 25 Great New Places to See'.
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Funding
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/postgraduate/funding
Learn about funding opportunities for students interested in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.
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Documentary highlights how humans created an artificial planet Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/documentary-highlights-how-humans-created-an-2018artificial2019-planet-earth
The impact humans have had on planet Earth and how we have created an ‘artificial' planet will be explored in a new documentary by an award-winning journalist featuring Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from the Department of Geology.
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Collecting and Analysing Data
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/mn2152
Module code: MN2152 This module is your hands-on introduction to the data that drives business insight. You'll be provided with the tools and techniques used to collect both qualitative and quantitative data and learn how to piece them together meaningfully.
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Advanced Field Course
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gl4105
Module code: GL4105 This is the culmination of your field studies. We visit a region of outstanding geological interest and explore its geological evolution. Recent trips have been to the Alps and to Sicily and the department varies the area from time to time.
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The Political Theory of Disobedience and Protests
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/pl3154
Module code: PL3154 This modules examines the political theory of disobedience and protest. You will look at traditional and contemporary theories concerning the uses of civility and incivility, violent and nonviolent direct action, resistance, refusal, and rioting.
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Advanced Field Course
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gl4105
Module code: GL4105 This is the culmination of your field studies. We visit a region of outstanding geological interest and explore its geological evolution. Recent trips have been to the Alps and to Sicily and the department varies the area from time to time.
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The Political Theory of Disobedience and Protests
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/pl3154
Module code: PL3154 This modules examines the political theory of disobedience and protest. You will look at traditional and contemporary theories concerning the uses of civility and incivility, violent and nonviolent direct action, resistance, refusal, and rioting.