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Discover the stories behind the sparkle in new exhibition inspired by ULAS find
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/jewellery-exhibition-ulas
The Cossington Necklace, found by archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services, is at the centre of an exhibition from 25 January – 15 June 2025 at Charnwood Museum
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The forerunners of Leicester City FC
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/05/06/the-forerunners-of-leicester-city-fc/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on May 6, 2016 My original intention to write a blog post to mark the 2016 Euros in June has been completely hijacked by Leicester City’s truly amazing performance in the Premier League this season – especially when I...
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Study spaces
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/accommodation/life-in-halls/study-spaces
You don't have to go to campus to study, but you don't have to stay in your room either. There are social study spaces and common rooms in each hall, as well as a couple of dedicated spaces in The Village.
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Protesting against the Vietnam War in October 1965
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/05/protesting-against-the-vietnam-war-in-october-1965/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 5, 2015 Fifty years ago, in October 1965, mass demonstrations against the Vietnam War took place in the US and pacifist David J.
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Feminism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/03/feminism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2014 The Fawcett Society launch new blog: Feminist Matters It will cover a range of topics from a feminist perspective.
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Leicester welcomes its world-changing Future 50 researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/december/future-50-research-students
The next generation of world-changing researchers was given a warm welcome by the University of Leicester this week.
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LGBT History Digital Collaboratory
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/28/lgbt-history-digital-collaboratory/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 28, 2015 Exciting project based at the University of Toronto, in collaboration with the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA), the Digital Transgender Archive (DTA), the Transgender Archives...
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Study spaces
https://le.ac.uk/library/using/study-spaces
Study Spaces in the David Wilson Library (DWL), University of Leicester study spaces managed by the Library in the Charles Wilson building Freemen's Common Cottages esports lab, doctoral college reading room
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Election 2015: TV debates
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/20/election-2015-tv-debates/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2015 Democratic reflection App The Election Debate Visualisation (EDV) project a collaboration between The Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) at The Open University and the University of...
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Emoji is the fastest growing language
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/emoji-is-the-fastest-growing-language/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 Emoji’s are ‘pictographs. Originally used in Japanese electronic messages, many characters have now been incorporated into Unicode and the launch of Emoj.li.