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Equality Challenge Unit reveals Female, LGB and Ethnic Minority STEMM academics face disadvantage.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/04/11/equality-challenge-unit-reveals-female-lgb-and-ethnic-minority-stemm-academics-face-disadvantage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2017 The Athena Survey of Science, Engineering and Technology (ASSET) 2016 report assessed the current experiences, expectations and perceptions of gender equality in STEMM (science,...
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Measuring the temperature of our planets land surfaces
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/measuring-the-temperature-of-our-planets-land-surfaces
Our researchers are leading a major new project to measure the temperature of the Earth’s land surfaces. Evidence suggests that long-term trends in surface temperature can be an indicator of climate change.
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Event to explore mental health in the media The Good the Bad and the Ugly
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/event-to-explore-mental-health-in-the-media-2018the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly2019
Mental health issues and their depiction on film and TV will be discussed at a public event at our University on Tuesday 21 November. It will question whether mental health and illness are depicted well on screen and – if not - what can be done about it.
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Chinese Comic Book covers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/10/chinese-comic-book-covers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2021 Chinese comic book covers Curated by Chinese Studies Librarian Zhaohui Xue, this online exhibition from Stanford University of the covers of various comic books held in the...
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Leicester named one of the top 5 cities in the UK to start a business in 2018
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-named-one-of-the-top-5-cities-in-the-uk-to-start-a-business-in-2018
Research gathered by Paymentsense, Europe's leading merchant service provider, has shown that Leicester is one of the best cities in the UK for entrepreneurs looking to start a small business in 2018.
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Hooray for the National Trust
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2017/04/05/hooray-for-the-national-trust/
Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on April 5, 2017 There are many things in life that one should really rise above and not respond to. One such thing, in my humble opinion, is the Daily Mail.
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The Dryad Collection Paper work
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/04/13/the-dryad-collection-the-craft-of-paper-work/
Examples of books from the University of Leicester Dryad Collection concerning Paper work crafts. Images of paper plaiting, paper sculpture and paper costumes.
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Find out more about Impeachment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/04/find-out-more-about-impeachment/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2019 Background information on the nature of the impeachment process in the USA and how it has been used in the past.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/190/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Atlas of Economic Complexity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/01/atlas-of-economic-complexity-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2022 A resource from Harvard University which maps accurate real data on global trade worldwide enabling great data visualizations.