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Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 14
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/14/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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A first-hand account of the Great Fire of London
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/09/28/a-first-hand-account-of-the-great-fire-of-london/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on September 28, 2015 Engraved portrait of John Evelyn by Nanteuil, for which Evelyn sat on 13 June 1650, while visiting Paris. From the Fairclough Collection, EP36, Box 2, p. 245.
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Discovering Collections Discovering Communities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/15/discovering-collections-discovering-communities/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on October 15, 2015 This week I attended the Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities conference in the impressive Lowry Centre at Salford Quays.
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Margaret Maclean
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/mm219/
Library Assistant, Rare Books and Archives in the University Library
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UNESCO World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/09/unesco-world-atlas-of-gender-equality-in-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 9, 2012 With over 120 maps, charts and tables, the UNESCO World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education enables readers to visualize the educational pathways of girls and boys in terms of access,...
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Smoking and public health case study
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/epigenetics/case-studies/smoking-public-health
Details on the relation between epigenetics and smoking and public health. The University of Leicester provides useful resources to aid research and learning.
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The Africa Desk
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/03/africa-desk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 3, 2012 http://www.africadesk.ac.uk/ A new portal designed for African studies scholars.
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Diversity in HE. Or not…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/04/25/diversity-in-he-or-not/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 25, 2016 Lies, damned lies and statistics on widening access to Russell Group universities Interesting article in the latest issue of Radical Statistic by Vikki Boliver which criticises the...
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Eurostat regional yearbook 2018 released
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/eurostat-regional-yearbook-2018-released/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 Get free access to sub-national level data on Europe’s regions.
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‘Domestic violence is a form of arbitrary execution’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/14/domestic-violence-is-a-form-of-arbitrary-execution/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 14, 2017 …according to the latest report issued by Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (Gender-sensitive approach to arbitrary killings) – Advance...