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  • Celebrating 25 years of Hubble

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/celebrating-25-years-of-the-hubble

    On 24 April 1990, NASA launched one of the most ambitious experiments in the history of astronomy: the Hubble Space Telescope.

  • Sydney Holloway

    https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/sydney-holloway

    We have recently learned with great sadness of the death of Sydney Holloway, who was a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester from the early 1960s to the early 2000s.

  • Whats the difference between margin trading and gambling

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/whats-the-difference-between-margin-trading-and-gambling

    Margin trading allows an individual to borrow money from a broker in order to take much larger positions in financial assets and therefore multiply the size of their gains and losses.

  • People of 1381

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/14/people-of-1381/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 14, 2025 An academic source (led by Professor Adrian Bell from Henley Business School at the University of Reading) providing commentary on the Peasants’ Revolt.

  • Ecuadorian thoughts on religion, power and the subaltern classes

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/07/10/ecuadorian-thoughts-on-religion-power-and-the-subaltern-classes/

    Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on July 10, 2016 The Iglesia de la Merced , in Quito, was built in 1737 on the remains of the original church that dated from 1538 – four years after the foundation of the city.

  • Mexican Cookery and the Importance of Chilies – University of Leicester

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/07/22/mexican-cookery-and-the-importance-of-chillies/

    Project PI Deborah Toner writes about Mexican cookery and the use of dried chilies therein, based on a weekend of cookery-based relaxation, following the completion of the Consuming Authenticies recipe book.

  • ICAI – Independent commission for aid impact

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/13/icai-independent-commission-for-aid-impact/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2012 The independent body responsible for the scrutiny of UK aid. A useful starting point for considering effectiveness. Reports from 2011 onwards are online. http://icai.independent.gov.

  • To celebrate Gay Pride

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/11/to-celebrate-gay-pride/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 11, 2019 The Virtually Queer online oral history archive .  This small collection showcases films originally shown at Our Naked Skin, at The Salisbury Arts Centre in 2018.

  • Images of Woman – Visual Communication in Advertising

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/18/images-of-woman-visual-communication-in-advertising/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2019 A really great site for students created by Trevor Millum who studied History at Birmingham University before completing a PhD at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies...

  • Apprentice wanted to work on some of the most exciting space science research in the UK

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/apprentice-wanted-to-work-on-some-of-the-most-exciting-space-science-research-in-the-uk

    A unique opportunity for an apprentice has opened at the Space Research Centre. The three to four year programme will include a variety of hands-on practical experience on some of the most exciting space science currently being researched at the University.

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