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  • BAME academics are “chronically absent”, says Leicester Vice-Chancellor

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/bame-scholarships

    Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) academics are “chronically absent” in higher education, the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Leicester Professor Nishan Canagarajah, has said. His comments come as the University of Leicester today launches an £1.

  • 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).

  • National student learning analytics service for HE and FE

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/24/national-student-learning-analytics-service-for-he-and-fe/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 24, 2018 A new national learning analytics service has been launched by Jisc.  It is the world’s first national student learning analytics service.

  • Planning Projects and Designing Interpretive Exhibitions

    https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mu7508

    Module code: MU7508 Module Outline This module offers students a chance to put their ideas, experiences, and theoretical tools into practice.

  • 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,...

  • 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.

  • Study creates first 3D vision of cancer target

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-creates-first-3d-vision-of-cancer-target

    A team from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology has for the first time published a detailed description of a protein linked to many types of cancer. The lab-based study now provides an opportunity for scientists to develop drugs to target this protein.

  • 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.

  • Intimidation, slurs and threats – study uncovers racism in rural England

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/intimidation-slurs-threats-study-racism-rural-england

    A study into racism in rural England has found many minority ethnic individuals and families feel the countryside is an unwelcoming and unsafe place to visit.

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