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• In my prison notebook

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/08/29/in-my-prison-notebook/

  Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on August 29, 2016 Last year I came across a rare archival find: multiple editions of a 19th century prison newspaper covertly produced by Russian inmates between 1890 and 1905.

• Economic inequality is not “bad for everyone”, new research shows – wealthier people derive happiness benefits

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/economic-inequality-wealth-people-happiness

  Increases in economic inequality raise the life satisfaction of wealthier people, while lowering the life satisfaction of people who earn less, newly published research shows.

• Study transforming diabetes care with culturally tailored support for African and Caribbean communities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/heald

  A healthy eating and physical activity programme created with, and for, people of African and Caribbean heritage living with type 2 diabetes in London is now seeking volunteers to test its effectiveness around the UK

• PowerPoint doesn’t kill presentations – people do

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2017/03/06/powerpoint-doesnt-kill-presentations-people-do/

  Posted by Stephen Walker in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on March 6, 2017 Bent Meier Sørensen, a Professor in the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen University wrote an impressive article in The Independent last...

• Research highlights incredible insects during National Insect Week

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/2018national-insect-week2019-creeps-up-on-us-once-more

  The feature, revisiting four occasions where insects played an instrumental role in University research, can be found here Insects, bugs, creepy-crawlies - there are some who say they are not always the cutest critters, but they can certainly be one of the most useful and...

• WGBH Openvault – Historic US TV and radio

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/wgbh-openvault-historic-us-tv-and-radio/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 Free access to clips from the WGBH Media Library and archives which includes TV and radio programmes many with transcripts.

• Economics in the Rear-View Mirror

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/12/economics-in-the-rear-view-mirror/

  Posted by William Farrell in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 12, 2015 Joseph Schumpeter, who taught at Harvard from 1932 to 1950. Image licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons – https://commons.wikimedia.

• Physics and Astronomy Blog: Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/page/14/

  Showcasing the cutting-edge research and diverse scientific community in the School of Physics and Astronomy.

• Mick Herron, Bernadine Evaristo, Nina Stibbe and Kit de Waal headline 2023 Literary Leicester festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/literary-leicester

  The programme for Literary Leicester, the University of Leicester's annual free literary festival, has been announced today. Literary Leicester will take place between Wednesday 22 March and Saturday 25 March at the university and other venues across the city.

• Undergraduate courses

  https://le.ac.uk/biological-sciences/study/undergraduate

  Find out more about undergraduate degrees in Biological Sciences at the University of Leicester.