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• Fat Cat Thursday (4th January)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/05/fat-cat-thursday-4th-january/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 5, 2018 In just three working days, the UK’s top bosses made more money than the typical UK full-time worker will earn in the entire year.

• Crocus Sundays signal the arrival of spring alongside hedgehog display for children

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/crocus-sundays-signal-the-spring-alongside-hedgehog-display-for-children

  The springtime blooming of crocuses in the Botanic Garden will this year be accompanied by the unusual sight of thousands of salt-dough hedgehogs in March.

• Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/206/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• RISE – Research Institute for Social Mobility and Education

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/19/rise-research-institute-for-social-mobility-and-education/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2020 This week saw the launch of RISE  a new think tank, part funded by the University of Bolton which will conduct research into areas of education and social mobility policy...

• Leicester alumnus listed as one of the 10 Faces to Watch in 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/leicester-alumnus-listed-as-one-of-10-faces-to-watch-in-2015

  27 year-old musician Ben Webb (pictured), an alumnus of the University, has been listed as one of the Independent’s 10 Faces to Watch in 2015, which includes musicians, dancers, and stars of the stage and screen who their critics believe are “rising stars ready to take the...

• The Science of Material Conservation

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ch7100

  Module code: CH7100 Conserving cities requires preserving their material fabric. In this module you will examines 'green chemistry' and the applications of chemical analysis to conservation practice.

• Mapping the Sounds of Leicestershire & Rutland

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/10/26/mapping-the-sounds-of-leicestershire-rutland/

  Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on October 26, 2020 In the summer of 2020, three Museum Studies students at the University of Leicester (Elizabeth Gray, Lillian Namyaalo and Maria Georgiadou) joined the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage team to create a sound...

• Twitter: 10th anniversary

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/twitter-10th-anniversary/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 See a collection of significant tweets in this short history from Wired magazine.   Read also the Guardian debate on whether you love or hate it.

• University launches Centre for Medicine Appeal video

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/university-launches-centre-for-medicine-appeal-video

  The University is investing £32 million of scarce capital resources in a brand new, state-of-the-art Centre for Medicine building, and is seeking to raise an additional £10 million through an ambitious fundraising campaign to complete the build.

• Trump’s inauguration – protests

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/20/trumps-inauguration-protests/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2017 See the website of the Womens March on London 2017 which has details on the global movement.