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• Human rights day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/14/human-rights-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2018 The United Nations observance of this day occurs every 10 th December.   The official website has related resolutions and news for 2018.

• Harnessing the ‘wisdom of crowds’ can help combat antibiotic over prescription

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/wisdom-of-crowds

  A new study has demonstrated that using  the ‘wisdom of crowds’ (also known as collective intelligence) of three or more medical prescribers, can improve decisions about antibiotic prescribing and help combat rising levels of antibiotic resistance.

• Expert opinions cover football the Bemba conviction and Obamas visit to Cuba

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/expert-opinions-cover-football-the-bemba-conviction-and-obamas-visit-to-cuba

  John Williams from the Department of Sociology has written three opinion pieces recently hosted on Think: Leicester.

• European Digital City Index 2016

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/25/european-digital-city-index-2016/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 25, 2016 Launched by Nesta to measure how well cities support start-ups and digital entrepreneurs.  This year it has expanded and now covers 60 cities.

• Complex modern contracting and the quest for cooperation – managerial and legal perspectives

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/03/28/complex-modern-contracting-and-the-quest-for-cooperation-managerial-and-legal-perspectives/

  Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on March 28, 2018   In the first of a series of blogs Haward Soper discusses his doctoral research on commercial contracting and the nature and importance of cooperation in making contracts work.

• University of Leicester graduates earning £3,600 more than the sector average five years into their career, analysis shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/graduates-earnings-more-sector-average

  University of Leicester graduates earn more than the sector average, highlighting strong career outcomes and value of a Leicester degree.

• What makes some people simply able to carry on in the face of adversity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/what-makes-some-people-simply-able-to-2018carry-on2019-in-the-face-of-adversity

  The ability to ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ could explain why some people suffer less depression and anxiety when faced with adversity, research has discovered.

• The Leicester Weekend University welcomes public to its biggest reunion yet

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/the-leicester-weekend-university-welcomes-public-to-its-biggest-reunion-yet

  We are inviting staff, students, alumni, family and friends and the local community to celebrate our biggest reunion to date – ‘The Leicester Weekend 2016’.

• Postgraduate Researcher Careers: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 6

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/page/6/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Caribbean Takeaway Takeover

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/20/caribbean-takeaway-takeover/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2022 Caribbean Takeaway Takeover: Identities and Stories   Oral histories of ten Caribbean elders from the Windrush generation, who arrived in the UK between the 1940s-1960s, have been...