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• Universal Children’s Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/22/universal-childrens-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2019 Universal Children’s day  20 th November was also universal children’s day.

• €1.5 million award to study birth of planets

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/erc-starter-grant

  Leicester astrophysics research which seeks to answer fundamental questions about the formation of planets has been awarded a major funding boost by the European Research Council (ERC).

• University of Leicester to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/holocaust-memorial-day

  The University of Leicester and Leicester Museums and Galleries have teamed up to produce a programme of events for Holocaust Memorial Day.

• University of Leicester’s herbarium collection joins project to unlock millions of biological records for climate research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/july/university-leicester-herbarium-collection-biological-records-climate-research

  The University of Leicester has joined a major new partnership to digitise over 1.1 million natural history specimens, including 50,000 specimens held by Leicester’s Herbarium, creating a step-change in how researchers and conservationists access vital biodiversity data.

• Pride

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/09/pride/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 9, 2018 Pride in London – why it still matters. This week we celebrated Pride in London.

• World Press Freedom day is celebrated annually on the 3rd May

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/04/world-press-freedom-day-is-celebrated-annually-on-the-3rd-may/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2018 2018 is the 25 th anniversary and the focus is upon the rule of law. Find out more about the events on the UNESCO official website.

• ALARM Research Study

  https://le.ac.uk/psychology-vision-sciences/research/health-and-wellbeing/alarm

  The ALARM project (Advancing health risk Literacy about Antimicrobial Resistance through the use of Metaphors), funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), is led by Dr Eva Krockow (University of Leicester, UK) in collaboration with Professor Marc...

• 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

• Research skills training in May and June

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/05/12/research-skills-training-in-may-and-june/

  Research skills training being run in May and June 2025 at the University for Leicester for research students and research staff.

• 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.