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Call for volunteers to help preserve treasure trove of East Midlands history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/sounds-for-the-future
A £250,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund will help archivists and volunteers secure the future of the East Midlands Oral History Archive.
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Leicester expert informs report into NHS and care workforce crisis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/nhs-shortage
Research from the University of Leicester has informed a high-profile government report on staff recruitment, training and retention rates in health and social care.
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Getting the Richard III discovery team back together 10 years on
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/richard-iii-podcast
The team behind the discovery and identification of the remains of King Richard III has reunited for a podcast series.
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SEE ME AS ME exhibition launched at Attenborough Arts Centre as part of British Museum youth engagement project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/see-me-as-me
SEE ME AS ME features a mix of film, sculpture, creative writing and music – all created and curated by the team of young adults, with support from the creative team of Attenborough Arts Centre and Pedestrian.
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Health inequalities among ethnic groups have increased since pandemic, evidence shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/diabetes-inequalities
Existing health disparities amongst ethnic minorities with diabetes have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study published in the journal Diabetes Care has reported.
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Cybersecurity and privacy of data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/16/cybersecurity-and-privacy-of-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2015 The Culture, Media and Sport Committee have launched an inquiry into cyber security following the recent cyber-attack of TalkTalk’s website.
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Global cost of dementia set to reach US $1 trillion by 2018…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/28/global-cost-of-dementia-set-to-reach-us-1-trillion-by-2018/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 28, 2015 …according to the latest annual World Alzheimer report 2015 . It also includes literature reviews on the societal impact of dementia and evidence that its rate is increasing.
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Living wage level raised
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/06/living-wage-level-raised/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2015 The level of the living wage was raised by 40p an hour this week to £8.25.
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Universal credit – does anyone benefit?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/universal-credit-does-anyone-benefit/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 IFS has conducted an economic analysis into the impact finding tha t it ‘will tend to weaken the incentive for single parents to be in work, and to strengthen the incentive for...
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What do students think of their courses?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/what-do-students-think-of-their-courses/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 Find out by downloading the 2016 Student academic experience survey from Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the Higher Education Academy.