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• Smallpox in Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/05/05/smallpox-in-leicester/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on May 5, 2015 ‘The Wyvern Smiles’ from ‘The Wyvern’, (Leicester, 20 November 1891).

• The Isle of Man study

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/related-projects/the-isle-of-man-study

  Background to the study This University of Leicester-funded study is being carried out by Hayley Dunn under the joint supervision of Professor Mark Jobling (Department of Genetics) and Dr Simon James (School of Archaeology) as part of research leading to a PhD degree.

• Suicides: UK prisons and beyond

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/27/suicides-uk-prisons-and-beyond/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 27, 2017 Shocking news this week that the Ministry of Justice has recorded high levels of suicide in prison and an internal enquiry will be launched.

• Flooding

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/03/flooding/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 3, 2012 The Global Risk data platform is a multiple agencies (partners include UNEP) effort to share spatial data information on global risk from natural hazards this includes floods,...

• A quarter of FTSE 350 companies have only one woman on their board 

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/16/a-quarter-of-ftse-350-companies-have-only-one-woman-on-their-board/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2018 …according to the 2018  report of the Hampton-Alexander review  into increasing the number of women in senior positions in FTSE 350 companies.

• Taiwan

  https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/countries/asia/taiwan

  We welcome students from Taiwan. Find out about entry requirements, the Taiwanese student community and other country-specific information.

• Distance Learning (DL) Sanctuary Awards

  https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/scholarships-discounts/dl-sanctuary

  Our Sanctuary Awards offer opportunities for those who have been forcibly displaced from their homes and/or who are at risk of political persecution, violence or conflict anywhere in the world to study with the University of Leicester part-time via distance learning.

• Who were the first students of the University of Leicester?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/10/13/who-were-our-first-students/

  A blog post discussing the early students of the University of Leicester.

• Buried in the footnotes

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/buried-in-the-footnotes

  Buried in the Footnotes: the representation of disabled people in museum and gallery collections.

• Im pleased that I followed my heart and studied Sociology it allowed me to learn about Britain and also to develop a global perspective

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/201ci2019m-pleased-that-i-followed-my-heart-and-studied-sociology-it-was-a-chance-to-learn-more-about-british-and-2018western2019-culture201d

  When deciding what she was going to study in the UK, Phoebe wanted to explore something new. Originally from Hong Kong, she felt pressured to pursue a Business or Economics related degree, but ultimately decided to follow her heart and pursue her interest in Sociology.