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More on overtime
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/more-on-overtime/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 How much overtime do British workers do? The Office for National Statistics has Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) .
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Archaeology students from University of Leicester to star in new Time Team episode
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/archaeology-students-star-new-time-team-episode
Time Team episode documents the experiences of Archaeology students as they developed their skills on their first archaeological dig
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Leicester study to improve crop plants
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-study-to-improve-crop-plants
Dr James Higgins (pictured) from the Department of Genetics has been awarded a New Investigator grant (£450,000) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate meiotic adaptation to whole genome duplication.
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Easter for social scientists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/17/easter-for-social-scientists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 17, 2019 Just for fun here are some interesting research related facts on Easter chocolate! This infographic from Statista has some basic facts on who celebrates Easter and what they do.
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Cities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/cities-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Cities of Opportunity Interesting new report on urban demographics from PriceWaterHouse Cooper. Covers 30 major cities worldwide.
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World Food Day (16th October)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/18/world-food-day-16th-october/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2019 See the FAO official website for details of this year’s theme on healthy diet.
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Breakthrough genetic study points to neurological mechanisms for chronic cough
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/chronic-cough-genetic-leicester
A new genetic study by scientists at the University of Leicester has identified neurological mechanisms as key drivers of chronic cough
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What is distance learning?
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/what-they-are/distance-learning
Our distance learning programmes offer a flexible way to study for a University of Leicester research degree wherever you are in the world.
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Health study with 11,000 participants celebrates 10 year anniversary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/exceed
A major health study led by the University of Leicester has recruited a staggering 11,000 patients across the city and county since it began 10 years ago.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/203/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester