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• State of Global Peace 2020

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/03/state-of-global-peace-2020/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2020 The Institute of Economics and Peace has just released its latest annual report ranking nations and regions in terms of peacefulness.

• Peter Jackson

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/peter-jackson

  The University has learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Peter Jackson, one of the longest serving members of our academic staff. A funeral service for Professor Jackson will be held at 12.

• Find the perfect formula at the next Doctoral Inaugural Lectures

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/next-doctoral-inaugural-lectures-make-the-perfect-formula

  Two outstanding PhD graduates from Leicester will return this week to present their research to a public audience. The College of Science and Engineering is holding two Doctoral Inaugural Lectures on 11 May from 5.30pm in the Bennett Building, Link Theatre.

• Hollywood star and music hitmaker join forces to launch University of Leicester’s £100m philanthropic campaign

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/hollywood-star-music-hitmaker-university-leicester-philanthropic-campaign

  Stars of Hollywood and popular music have backed a major philanthropy campaign from the University of Leicester.

• Working together to put research at the top of the agenda in the fight against cancer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/cancer-hope

  The University of Leicester is working in partnership with local Leicestershire and Rutland charity, Hope Against Cancer, to advance cancer research and deliver clinical excellence for patients.

• International day of people with disabilities

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/07/international-day-of-people-with-disabilities/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 7, 2020 3rd December is the International day of people with disabilities. The official UN page has reports, strategies and resolutions .

• International Day of Older Persons celebrated October 1st

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/07/international-day-of-older-persons-celebrated-october-1st/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2013 See the official website   which also links to related UN resolutions and reports. On this occasion, HelpAge produced the Global Agewatch index.

• 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,...

• League of Nations Archives

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/06/league-of-nations-archives/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 6, 2022 The massive project to digitise the entire League of Nations Archives is now complete. Digitisations are now available when you search the UN Archives catalogue https://archives.ungeneva.

• Ill Effects

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/ill-effects/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 A bi-weekly research-informed series on media “influences” hosted by academics Ben Litherland and Richard McCulloch.