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• Conceptualising Islands in History: Considering Bermuda and Gibraltar’s Prison Hulks

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/03/08/conceptualising-islands-in-history-considering-bermuda-and-gibraltars-prison-hulks/

  Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on March 8, 2016 By Anna McKay, AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Student, National Maritime Museum & University of Leicester.

• Patient’s life transformed thanks to gift to University and local hospitals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/patient2019s-life-transformed-thanks-to-gift-to-university-and-local-hospitals

  George Davies' gift George Davies' donation to help fight vascular disease bl0lXe8oWg0 Patient’s life transformed thanks to gift to University and local hospitals Patient’s life transformed thanks to gift to University and local hospitals|The aim of the new Vascular...

• International Women’s Day: some free statistics which show why it is necessary

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/16/international-womens-day-some-free-statistics-which-show-why-it-is-necessary/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2020 Here are some free statistics which show why the fight for gender equality is necessary: The Office for National Statistics  records the current gender pay gap as 17.3% in 2019.

• Norwich Women’s Film Weekend: online archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/01/27/norwich-womens-film-weekend-online-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 27, 2023 The Norwich Women’s Film Weekend (or NWFW) was a two-day annual event created by Cinewomen that ran for 10 years, from 1979 to 1989, at Cinema City in Norwich.

• Women’s Resilience to Disasters (WRD) Knowledge Hub

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/03/22/womens-resilience-to-disasters-wrd-knowledge-hub/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2022 Launched by UN Women in partnership with the Australian Governmen t this new site aims to spotlight research and resources relating to  gender-responsive disaster risk...

• Highlights for the School of Engineering’s research in REF2021

  https://le.ac.uk/engineering/ref2021

  The School of Engineering's research highlights in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.

• James Webb Space Telescope’s coolest instrument captures first star

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/miri-first-image

  The UK’s main contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), has now opened its eye to the sky.

• Leicester’s Vice-Chancellor calls for a “focus on fairness” on university admissions

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/focus-on-fairness

  Professor Nishan Canagarajah calls on UK universities to “focus on fairness” and bridge the gaps in prospective students’ learning.

• Distrust of Employer’s Responses to COVID-19 Could Increase Both Presenteeism and Absenteeism in UK

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2020/05/20/distrust-of-employers-responses-to-covid-19-could-increase-both-presenteeism-and-absenteeism-in-uk-workplaces/

  Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on May 20, 2020 People’s trust in their employer’s response to COVID-19 will shape their attitudes to returning to the workplace, Professor Stephen Wood writes.

• The Hologic Global Women’s Health Index

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/08/10/the-hologic-global-womens-health-index/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 10, 2021 Aims to be the first globally comparative study of women’s health. It is based on Gallup world poll data.