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• Collections development strategy (Archives and Special Collections)

  https://le.ac.uk/library/about/policies/special-collections-strategy

  Introduction The University Library’s Archives and Special Collections contains archives, manuscripts and rare books owned by or loaned to the University of Leicester.

• The schoolboy sketches of John Leech

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/06/05/the-schoolboy-sketches-of-john-leech/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on June 5, 2017 The artist and illustrator John Leech, who became one of the foremost contributors to Punch and created the artwork for some of Dickens’ most popular works, notably A Christmas Carol , was born in 1817...

• 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.

• 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.

• Engage, learn, achieve

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/engage-learn-achieve

  This research was exploratory in nature and set out to investigate the impact on the attainment of secondary-age pupils.

• ‘Strangers in the land’?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/06/08/strangers-in-the-land/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on June 8, 2016 Our current exhibition, ‘”Strangers in the land”? Impressions of India’ traces the history of the British in India from the early 17 th century to the turn of the 20 th .

• Sherry in the filing-cabinet – and as for the milk-jug …

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/07/13/sherry-in-the-filing-cabinet-and-as-for-the-milk-jug/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on July 13, 2016 Our current exhibition from the Special Collections, ‘”Strangers in the Land”? Impressions of India’, explores the attitudes and reactions of the British in India, from the early 17 th century to the...

• Summer Holidays

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/06/23/happy-holidays/

  Blog post recalling Summer Holidays taken by people from Leicester and Leicestershire, as recorded in the East Midlands Oral History Archive

• Sue Townsend’s Fan Mail

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/01/24/sue-townsends-fan-mail/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on January 24, 2019   Guest Post from Helen Ward, Library Assistant in Archives and Special Collections.

• 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) .