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• Leicester expert to attend Nobel Peace Prize Forum as nuclear war threat intensifies

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/nuclear

  An expert in global nuclear politics from the University of Leicester has raised concerns about the decline of world security amid tensions between the West and Russia – but has some words of optimism for the future.

• University of Leicester among 10 world universities to join campaign for gender equality in the workplace

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/university-of-leicester-among-10-world-universities-to-join-campaign-for-gender-equality-in-the-workplace

  Today (5 May), President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester Professor Paul Boyle has pledged his commitment to gender equality in the workplace and spearheaded the University’s involvement in a global campaign  - the UN Women’s HeForShe solidarity movement.

• Leicester researchers have co-developed the first global guidance for managing digestive conditions during Ramadan

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/ramadan-health-fasting-guidance

  Researchers in Leicester have developed a clinical guide for managing patients with gastrointestinal and liver conditions during Ramadan

• Economic arguments for gender equality

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/10/economic-arguments-for-gender-equality/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2017 Great economic evidence in favour of Gender equality was published in this recent report from the EIGE (European Institute for Gender Equality) which quoted the data that on average...

• Physics and Astronomy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/paul_mcmillan/

  Centenary celebrations Posted by Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 May 2025 The first students to study physics at what was then University College, Leicester were enrolled in 1925. A class of 10 students were enrolled, and a single lecturer appointed.

• CSSAH Postgraduate fund 2025/26

  https://le.ac.uk/cssah/research/funds/postgraduate-fund

  The College offers a postgraduate fund for research students. Your award can be used for a number of research activities, such as presenting a paper at a conference, archive visits, training to support research, and attending or running a workshop.

• Where do women earn equal pay?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/04/where-do-women-earn-equal-pay/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2021 Cross country comparison of gender pay gap reporting in six nations. From Kings College London Global Institute for Women’s Leadership.

• Direction of AI Innovation in the UK

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/direction-of-ai-innovation-in-the-uk/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025   This report from Institute for Public Policy Research outlines the AI innovation landscape in the UK to determine which type of AI deployment is and is not currently taking place.

• Little Data book on Gender

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/31/little-data-book-on-gender/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2019 A new handy reference tool from the World Bank for those seeking accessible statistics on gender. It covers 217 countries, tracing progress in closing gender gaps between 2000-2017.

• The Future of Work

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/mn1013

  Module code: MN1013 We are living through a revolution in the world of work.  The main forces of change, such as automation and globalisation, have been building for several years and appear to have accelerated after the COVID-19 pandemic.