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Researchers trial system for improved sea safety
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/researchers-trial-system-for-improved-sea-safety
Dr Nigel Bannister from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has been trialling a concept for using satellite imagery to significantly improve the chances of locating ships and planes lost at sea - such as the missing Malaysian flight MH370.
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Medical research paper gains over 1000 citations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/medical-research-paper-gains-over-1000-citations
A key medical research paper published in 2003 led by Tim Coats MD FRCS FFAEM, Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Emergency Medicine Academic Group and Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University, has received more than 1,000 citations.
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Scientists see detailed makeup of deadly toxin for the first time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/scientists-2018see2019-detailed-make-up-of-deadly-toxin-for-the-first-time
L-R: Professor Peter Moody, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Professor Russell Wallis of the Departments of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation and Molecular and Cell Biology and Professor Peter Andrew, Head of Department of Infection, Immunity and...
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PhD student invited to Vienna to present his research on how living things become fossils
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/phd-student-invited-to-vienna-to-present-his-research-on-how-living-things-become-fossils
A palaeontologist has been invited to Vienna to talk about his doctoral research in the field taphonomy – the process of fossilisation.
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£5 million grant for health science PhD students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/16-wellcome-grant
The University of Leicester has been awarded a Wellcome Trust grant of over £5 million. The grant will enable the University to support 40 genomic epidemiology and public health genomics PhD students beginning in the 2020/21 academic year.
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Project to strengthen reputation with South American mining sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/project-to-strengthen-reputation-with-south-american-mining-sector
A geologist from our University has been awarded a ‘Chile Prosperity Fund’ from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, aimed at developing and delivering Continuing Professional Development (CPD) short courses for the Chilean mining industry.
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Experts to discuss research into internet safety for sex workers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/experts-to-discuss-research-into-internet-safety-for-sex-workers
Dr Rosie Campbell and Professor Teela Sanders from our Department of Criminology will be taking part in the upcoming Festival of Social Science, running between 4 – 11 November.
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Research from South Asia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/12/21/research-from-south-asia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 21, 2011 http://www.esocialsciences.com/blog/index.asp A social sciences portal produced by south Asian scholars to promote research from India and the South Asian continent.
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Artisans and activists in the world of handmade crafts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/artisans-and-activists-in-the-world-of-handmade-crafts
Bake-off and sewing bee enthusiasts have fuelled a revival of traditional crafts, but a week of events at our University will explore whether they could also be part of a cultural revolution.
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Understanding 9/11: A television news archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/26/understanding-911-a-television-news-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 26, 2016 Free access to this resource made available by the Internet Archive.