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Why public health campaigns and the BMI scale may do more harm than good- claim
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/why-public-health-campaigns-and-the-bmi-scale-may-do-more-harm-than-good-claim
Dr Oli Williams, Research Associate in the University’s Department of Health Sciences, has recently shared why well-intentioned public health campaigns such as the sugar tax might not have the intended effect, and potentially even exacerbate disparities in health.
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University of Leicester sponsors Leicester Comedy Festival Business Partners’ Club
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/leicester-comedy-festival
The University of Leicester is proud to sponsor Leicester Comedy Festival Business Partners’ Club for the next 12 months.
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gesisDataSearch: a Data Discovery Index for the Social Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/20/gesisdatasearch-a-data-discovery-index-for-the-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2018 Now in beta, a new tool which will enable researchers to quickly identify high quality social and economic datasets.
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Alumni Association Committee
https://le.ac.uk/alumni/get-involved/alumni-association
The Standing Committee is a channel of communication between the University and the Alumni Association. Members of the Alumni Association take an active role in helping to arrange and host events.
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Archaeological excavations at Bradgate Park uncover the home of Lady Jane Grey
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/25-archaeological-excavations-bradgate-park-fieldschool-lady-jane-grey
Archaeologists from the University of Leicester have returned to Bradgate Park for their fifth season of excavations. Aiming to uncover the hidden history of this popular attraction, the Bradgate Park Fieldschool is a five-year programme of research (2015-2019).
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Data protection impact assesment
https://le.ac.uk/ias/data-protection/data-protection-impact-assesment
What's new under GDPR legislation? Learn more about the data protection impact assessment and mitigating risks and safeguarding data when processing information.
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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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Facts and figures
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/facts-figures
Costings The University of Leicester was the main financial backer of the project.
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Working together towards active inclusion within surgery
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/medrace-voices/amardeep-sidki-policy
Amardeep Sidki reflects on working together towards active inclusion within surgery, and changing local policy around the Sikh Kara bangle
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‘History in the making’: Reflections on the reinterment of Richard III, ten years on
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/richard-iii-reinterment-anniversary
Members of the University of Leicester’s Greyfriars team, who excavated and identified the remains of Richard III, recall their experiences of his reinterment on 26 March 2015