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Leicester academic leads international research study into potential new biomarker for breast cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-of-leicester-academic-joins-international-research-study-into-potential-new-biomarker-for-breast-cancer
An academic from our University is leading an international collaborative research study, funded by Cancer Research UK, which uses recently launched technology to evaluate a potential new biomarker for prediction of disease progression in women with breast cancer.
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Human Trafficking
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/15/human-trafficking/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 15, 2013 A new report from the Centre for Social Justice http://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.
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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.
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Study to help find ways to prevent kidney damage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/study-to-help-find-ways-to-prevent-kidney-damage
Leicestershire people set to undergo keyhole vascular surgery are being recruited for a new study to help find ways to prevent kidney damage which can sometimes occur afterwards.
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Study shows large gender imbalance in funding given for cancer research
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/study-shows-large-gender-imbalance-in-funding-given-for-cancer-research
Male researchers receive far greater funding for cancer research than their female equivalents, suggests a study involving University of Leicester research and published in the journal BMJ Open.
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William Farrell
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/author/william_farrell/
I work in the Library's Research Services Team. I provide open publishing services, including Leicester Open Journals, as well as supporting literature searching and reference management.
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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.
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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.
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A story to … awaken thrilling horror
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/31/a-story-to-awaken-thrilling-horror/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 31, 2016 University of Leicester Special Collections. Frontispiece to the first illustrated edition of Frankenstein, drawn by Theodor von Holst and engraved by W. Chevalier.
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Global COVID-19 study finds higher infection risk was main driver of ethnic inequality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/covid
A major new global study has found that higher rates of severe illness and death among ethnic minority groups during the pandemic was largely driven by a greater risk of infection.