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COVID-19 up to twice as likely to infect people of Black and Asian ethnicity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/covid19-ethnicity
According to researchers at the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham, COVID-19 up to twice as likely to infect people of Black and Asian ethnicity
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Sole2Soul: Narrate, Curate, Rejuvenate
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/projects/sole2soul
Sole2Soul promotes meaningful intergenerational exchange between “silver champions” (project participants aged over 55) and teenagers about artefacts from the Boot and Shoe exhibit at Harborough Museum.
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Students called upon to help tackle gender and sexual violence on university campuses worldwide
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/students-called-upon-to-help-tackle-gender-and-sexual-violence-on-university-campuses-worldwide
Our University is harnessing the insight and experience of its students in a bid to stamp out sexual and gender-based violence on university campuses worldwide.
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Talking statues
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/talking-statues
Talking Statues was an innovative and novel project that used playwrights, actors and mobile technology to put words into the mouths of public statues.
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Distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/study/distance-learning
The University of Leicester School of Business has over 25 years experience of delivering high quality flexible distance learning courses. We offer distance learning courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level. Find a course to suit you...
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Dr. Naomi Rowe-Gurney on taking a Leicester PhD to NASA
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/08/05/dr-naomi-rowe-gurney-on-taking-a-leicester-phd-to-nasa/
A five-year break in China, a worldwide pandemic, and delays to the most complex space telescope ever built: none of these were enough to stop Naomi Rowe-Gurney breaking new ground to complete her PhD at Leicester and land a dream job with NASA.
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Project updates
https://le.ac.uk/insular-manuscripts/project-updates
News and updates from the Insular Manuscripts team including workshops and involvement in major British Library exhibitions.
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University of Leicester takes part in Being Human Festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/14-being-human-festival
The University of Leicester will join universities throughout the UK and open its doors to share its innovative humanities research with the public. The Being Human festival, now in its fifth year, will be based on the theme of ‘Origins and Endings’.
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Research presents most detailed ever catalogue of our galactic neighbourhood
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/gaia-space-observatory-findings
An international team of astronomers, including experts from the University of Leicester, announced the most detailed ever catalogue of stars in a huge swathe of our Milky Way galaxy.
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African sources of information
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/african-sources-of-information/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 Kenya digital archives: Google has been partnering with the Kenyan National Archives to provide free access to a great new online digital library .