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Women in the World of Work
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/03/08/women-in-the-world-of-work/
Posted by rwatson in Library Special Collections on March 8, 2017 Over the last few centuries women’s place in the world has changed significantly, and with International Women’s Day today it is great to see how the position of women, especially in the world of work, has...
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University of Leicester hosts event to encourage businesses to take on ex-Forces staff
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/university-leicester-event-businesses-ex-forces-staff
East Midlands business leaders discovered how Forces veterans and reservists can benefit their organisations at an event held by the University of Leicester.
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Mayor of Oadby and Wigston views world-class research at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/07-oadby-wigston-mayoral-visit
The Mayor of Oadby and Wigston, Councillor David Carter, accompanied by his consort, Mrs Janet Carter, viewed first-hand the world-class research into neurodegenerative diseases at the University of Leicester.
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Mollusc invaders in the Thames – a mark of the Anthropocene
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/14-thames-molluscs
In the last few decades, the life of London’s River Thames has been transformed.
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Locating the church within the friary
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/locating-the-church
The discovery of the chapter house and eastern cloister walk in the first two trenches meant that parts of the church were likely be present in the car park or the school playground, but where to look next? Richard Buckley made the decision to look in the school playground...
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Trio of honorary graduates recognised with Leicester awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/honorands1
Journalist-turned-novelist Robert Harris, who was educated in Leicestershire as a boy, was awarded a Doctorate of Letters on Friday.
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Suggested reading
https://le.ac.uk/geography/study/undergraduate/suggested-reading
If you’d like to expand your awareness of Geography, take a look at our reading suggestions. (Don’t worry, it’s not compulsory!) BSc Geography Bullard: Dumping in Dixie.
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Bloomberg: Emerging markets exchange traded fund
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/07/bloomberg-emerging-markets-exchange-traded-fund/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2013 BlackRock Inc.’s emerging markets exchange traded fund took in more deposits in September than in any other month this year, Bloomberg News reported.
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Frank, the Double Duchesse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/11/08/frank-the-double-duchesse/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on November 8, 2016 Amongst the contents of the Fairclough Collection of engraved portraits, relating to political and social history in 17 th century Britain, we have recently discovered this delicately executed...
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Expedition 320T: Seatrials
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions/2009-10/seatrials
20 January – 5 March 2009 Expedition 320T started in January 2009 and tested all of the scientific and technical equipment on board the JOIDES Resolution following its time in dry dock.