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  • New resources on women’s suffrage

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2018 A new teaching resource Endell Street – Women’s Military Hospital Project , focuses on the changing role of women from the 1900s to 1920, with a particular emphasis on women’s...

  • Children, happiness and well-being

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2015 According to the latest Good Childhood report 2015 published this week by the Children’s Society, children in the UK are unhappy.

  • 22,000 children aged 10 and 11 are obese

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 …according to the latest report from the Local Government Association. The House of Commons also released the report: House of Commons Health Committee Childhood obesity: Time for action.

  • UN Day of South-South Cooperation

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2020 UN Day South South Cooperation  is held on the 12th September.

  • The UK and Migration

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 7, 2014 Impacts of Migration on UK Native Employment: An Analytical Review of the Evidence The Home Office finally released this week the controversial report by Ciaran Devlin and Olivia...

  • Internet privacy and freedom of expression

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 23, 2012 http://www.unesco.

  • Community engagement projects

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  • Unveiling Women’s History at the University of Leicester

    Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on January 3, 2019   About the University of Leicester Established in 1921 as a memorial to those who served in the First World War,  Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland College  had humble origins.

  • Study suggests hippocampal neuron responses are associated with memory distinctions

    The hippocampus is a small region of the brain that forms part of the limbic system and is primarily associated with memory and spatial navigation.

  • Colourful plastics may lead to more microplastics: new study

    Study led by University of Leicester concludes that colourants in plastic can affect the rate at which it breaks down and can lead to more harmful microplastics released into the environment

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