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How we use donated bodies
https://le.ac.uk/medicine/about/body-donation-programme/uses
Find out how we use donated bodies at Leicester Medical School, in line with the Human Tissue Authority regulations, as delineated in the legal framework of the Human Tissue Act 2004.
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BBC Radio Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/collections/bbc-radio-leicester
Learn more about the collections about BBC Radio Leicester in the East Midlands Oral History Archive.
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Expert opinions cover Claudio Ranieri Michael Gove teaching in the 21st century and much more
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/expert-opinions-cover-claudio-ranieri-michael-gove-and-teaching-in-the-21st-century
John Williams, Senior Lectuer in Sociology, discussed the controversial sacking of Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri in an article for The Conversation.
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Study suggests Mobile Scan and Pay Technology could promote supermarket theft
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-suggests-mobile-scan-and-pay-technology-could-promote-supermarket-theft
Allowing customers to scan products and pay for them using their own mobile phones or iPads is becoming an increasingly common sight in retail outlets.
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Parchment used in immersive experience
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-3/
10. A full-size piece of vellum (calf-skin) suspended on a frame and prepared ready for writing on. The pattern of the animal's spine can still be seen running along the central length of the vellum.
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Contents of display case draw
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-4/
9. Scrapers like this were used to remove hair and fat from the animal skin used to make parchment. The scents of Frankincense, Myrrh and Lubanja are sometimes retained within the folios of a manuscript and can still be smelt if we are lucky enough to get close enough.
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Development studies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/16/development-studies/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 16, 2016 Two major annual reports released recently. African Human Development report 2016 focuses upon women’s empowerment. The Arab Human Development report focuses upon Youth.
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Domestic abuse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/11/domestic-abuse/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 11, 2015 The national domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid has launched a free coercive control toolkit supported by Avon , to coincide with the Home Office’s implementation of the coercive...
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Helen Ward
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/hjw24/
Library Assistant Archives and Special Collections
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INEW Explosive Weapons Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/20/inew-explosive-weapons-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 20, 2021 International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW) recently launched a new civil society initiative – the Explosive Weapons Monitor This monthly newsletter for...