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• The Summer Intern – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/2021/09/05/aysha-scans-the-summer-intern/

  Our Summer Intern, Aysha, recounts her time on the Arch-I-Scan Project.

• Town Commemorates Convicts, by Minako Sakata

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/09/29/town-commemorate-convicts-by-minako-sakata/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on September 29, 2014 At the end of August, I visited Tsukigata, a small town in Hokkaido where the Kabato Central Prison was located from 1881 to 1919.

• 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.

• 20 years of the National Minimum Wage

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/20-years-of-the-national-minimum-wage/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 20 years of the National Minimum Wage – what has been the impact? On 1 April 1999  the National Minimum Wage  (NMW) was introduced in the UK – a £3.

• Cybersecurity UK

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/29/cybersecurity-uk/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2019 Recently the UK government revealed research on the most hacked passwords.  You can download the top 100,000 from the  National Cyber research centre.

• 22nd March was World Water Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/22nd-march-was-world-water-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 The official website has details on this year’s theme water and work.  It includes a link to the full text of the 2016 UN World Water Development Report.

• Where is the riskiest place to live?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/where-is-the-riskiest-place-to-live/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 Download the latest world ranking from United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security.  It considers risk from extreme natural events and ranks 117 nations.

• National Archives: Olympic record

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/21/national-archives-olympic-record/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 21, 2012 http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/olympics/ A specialist section of pages created by the National archives to highlight their Olympic and Paralympic games holdings.

• Human Rights

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/01/human-rights/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2013 20 years OHCHR (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights) A new official website to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this major UN agency . It includes news and links to key achievements.

• New blood cancer study announces outstanding results

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/outstanding-results-announce-from-new-blood-cancer-study

  Scientists have described new results of a blood cancer study as ‘outstanding’ in tackling previously untreatable forms of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL).