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• The value of Libraries

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/the-value-of-libraries/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 Neil Gaiman writes for the Guardian about the value of libraries for children and adults alike http://www.theguardian.

• Road Map for enhancing the Student digital experience

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/road-map-for-enhancing-the-student-digital-experience/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 Released by JISC this week and based on extensive user research is  the latest version of this road map which signposts the best route to creating a future digitally-inclusive...

• 24% of students from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds have experience racial harassment in UK universitie

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/25/24-of-students-from-ethnic-minority-backgrounds-have-experience-racial-harassment-in-uk-universities/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 25, 2019 Shocking new report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission has these findings. Get the methodology and facts by downloading the report.

• Black Mothers in the Forefront: Struggles and Resistance in the 1970s

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/27/black-mothers-in-the-forefront-struggles-and-resistance-in-the-1970s/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 27, 2023 A n online exhibition from the Black Cultural Archives   Images and oral histories which focus on activism by black mothers in the UK in the 1970s.

• Disabled Students Commission annual report

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/25/disabled-students-commission-annual-report/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 25, 2021 Information on issues faced by British disabled students during the pandemic; information on the support received and the challenges ahead.

• Oor Willy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/oor-willy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Oor Willy, Your Willy, A’body’s Willy The National Library of Scotland has launched the Oor Wullie’s guide website for children.

• Law school Canadian applications privacy notice

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/privacy/students/law-school-canadian-applications

  Find out more about how your data is handed as an applicant of the Canadian Law School course at Leicester.

• University to support gifted mathematics students throughout East Midlands

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/our-university-to-support-gifted-mathematics-students-throughout-east-midlands

  Our University has been awarded a grant from the Department of Education to support the academic development of gifted sixth form students studying mathematics throughout the East Midlands.

• University of Leicester named as one of the world’s most sustainable universities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/17-worlds-most-sustainable-university-ui-greenmetric

  UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2018 places the University of Leicester 35th in the world and 9th in the UK for sustainability.

• Leicester Professor becomes British Cardiovascular Society President

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/british-cardiovascular-society

  Professor Andre Ng from the University of Leicester has officially taken over as President of the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) at its 2024 AGM in Manchester