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• Completed PhD projects

  https://le.ac.uk/stanley-burton/research/projects/phd-projects/completed-phd-projects

  Browse a list of completed PhD research that has been undertaken by students involved in The Stanley Burton Centre at the University of Leicester.

• Poll Books in Special Collections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/04/22/poll-books-in-special-collections/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 22, 2015 With a General Election campaign in full swing, it seems like a good time for some blog posts about the sources we hold on the history of British parliamentary elections.

• Is the electoral system broken?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/08/is-the-electoral-system-broken/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 8, 2015 According to the Electoral Reform Society  the UK electoral system is in crisis as the first-past-the-post system does not reflect votes cast.

• Andrew Fry

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/andrew-fry

  Obituary notice for Professor Andrew Fry, Professor of Cell Biology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Leicester.

• Big data

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/01/10/big-data/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 10, 2014 Accessing and Using Big Data to Advance Social Science Knowledge A useful project to follow  from the Oxford Internet Institute. Running 2012-14.

• 17th Century Adventures in Travel Writing

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/01/07/17th-century-adventures-in-travel-writing/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on January 7, 2015 In 1627, at the age of only 21, Sir Thomas Herbert travelled to Persia and India as a low-ranking member of Charles I’s embassy to Shah Abbas I.

• Keep Calm and Scroll On!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/03/27/keep-calm-and-scroll-on/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on March 27, 2020       Hello from our homes!   Ian, our Library Assistant will be ready to greet new users when we reopen! We had to bid a sad farewell to our archive store and reading room last week, as...

• Archaeological excavations at Bradgate Park uncover the home of Lady Jane Grey

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/25-archaeological-excavations-bradgate-park-fieldschool-lady-jane-grey

  Archaeologists from the University of Leicester have returned to Bradgate Park for their fifth season of excavations. Aiming to uncover the hidden history of this popular attraction, the Bradgate Park Fieldschool is a five-year programme of research (2015-2019).

• Historian to take part in stand-up comedy challenge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/historian-to-take-part-in-stand-up-comedy-challenge

  Kevin Schürer (pictured), Professor of English Local History in our School of History and lead genealogist in the discovery of King Richard III, has been announced as one of the contenders in a stand-up comedy challenge in Leicestershire.

• Finding Dolly Shepherd in Historical Directories

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/07/finding-dolly-shepherd-in-historical-directories/

  Guest blog post on Edwardian Lady Parachutist Dolly Shepherd, by Debra Wallace