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• Leicester ranked among top universities for Clinical Medicine

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/shanghai-ranking

  The University of Leicester has been ranked in the top 5 UK universities for Clinical Medicine by the prestigious Shanghai World Rankings.

• World on verge of extreme weather ‘tipping point’ warn Leicester researchers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/extreme-weather

  Surface Temperature Research Group at University of Leicester gives warning in light of reports of record temperatures in 2023.

• University of Leicester commits to reverse biodiversity decline through worldwide Nature Positive Universities Alliance

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/nature-positive

  The University of Leicester has been announced as one of the founding members of the Nature Positive Universities Alliance, continuing its commitment to being a biodiversity net-positive organisation.

• Anton_Chekhov_with_bow-tie_sepia_image

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2017/06/07/the-library-in-the-penal-colony-chekhovs-unsung-gift-to-sakhalin/anton_chekhov_with_bow-tie_sepia_image/

  Anton Chekhov

• South-South Galaxy

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/10/south-south-galaxy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2019 A new website launched the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). The project intends to give support to countries of the South, so they can share best practice and knowledge.

• Women in developing countries 9% less likely to have a bank account

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/04/women-in-developing-countries-9-less-likely-to-have-a-bank-account/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2018 Global Findex Database 2017: Measuring Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make...

• First Annual report from UK Anti-Slavery Commissioner

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/first-annual-report-from-uk-anti-slavery-commissioner/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 Download the full text from the UK government website The appendix provides modern slavery crime data for England and Wales.

• COP22 Climate Change conference

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/18/cop22-climate-change-conference/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 18, 2016 …was held in Marrakesh this week.

• Map of French Guiana

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/02/11/empires-exile-the-story-of-ly-lieu/map-of-french-guiana/

  Map of French Guiana from the archives in Aix en Provence. The area encircled in green was where Lý Liễu and his fellow prisoners would have worked in their wood-cutting unit.

• Human trafficking data

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/01/27/human-trafficking-data/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 27, 2023 Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC)  data hub is the first global data portal on human trafficking.