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• Childrens experiences and responses to war in the nineteenth century

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/children2019s-experiences-and-responses-to-war-in-the-nineteenth-century

  What we can learn about war from the writing of child soldiers in the nineteenth century will be explored in a BBC Radio 3 Essay on Thursday 22 March with Dr Emma Butcher from our School of Arts.

• Leicester academics to contribute to historical documentary exploring The Impossible Peace

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-academics-to-contribute-to-historical-documentary-exploring-2018the-impossible-peace2019

  An upcoming historical documentary will feature interviews with four academics from our University.

• Triumphing in the face of adversity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/triumphing-in-the-face-of-adversity

  Corinne’s time at the University of Leicester has, in great part, been shaped by her resilience. Beginning her degree in 2013, she faced a number of personal setbacks, but after five years of hard work and dedication, she graduates this week with her LLB.

• About

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/performingcitizenship/about/

  Performing Citizenship is the blog of the project ‘Performing Citizenship: Arts, Citizenship and Public Life’ funded by the College of Social Sciences and the Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester, and is written by the Principal Investigator, Dr...

• Students awaken the science of Star Wars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/students-awaken-the-science-of-star-wars

  Could a lightsaber really work? What would hyperspace travel look like? And how strong would a deflector shield need to be to fend off interstellar attacks? These are all questions that Star Wars fans have been asking for decades, and now that The Force Awakens has been...

• Inclusive humanitarian aid

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/19/inclusive-humanitarian-aid/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2022   Age Gender Diversity Matrix Tool – A Framework for an Inclusive World (agd-matrix-tool.

• Will people in the UK live shorter lives?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/03/will-people-in-the-uk-live-shorter-lives/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2018 This week the newspapers reported that life expectancy is falling or stalled in the UK for the first time since records began, but what are the facts on this? Here are some useful...

• Anne Lister

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/11/17/anne-lister/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2023 Anne Lister Research Summit resources  are now online. View resources including videos from the 2023 summit on the world of ‘Gentleman Jack’ Anne Lister.

• First Findings of the ‘Work-Life Balance and the Pandemic’ Study Amongst University Employees

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2021/01/18/first-findings-of-the-work-life-balance-and-the-pandemic-study-amongst-university-employees/

  Posted by Stephen Wood in School of Business Blog on January 18, 2021 “Well-being amongst university employees fell between May and September 2020, and increased loneliness and an inability to detach from work accounted for this.

• Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Business

  https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/senior-management/executive-board/pvc-and-head-of-college-business

  Find out more about our Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Business.