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                    Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leihttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/217/ Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester 
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                    Recognising our Centenary supportershttps://le.ac.uk/giving/impact-stories/supporters Thank you to all of our generous supporters. Read more about our Centenary Golden Book project. 
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                    Desert Island Discs more than just a resource for good musichttps://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/desert-island-discs-more-than-just-a-resource-for-good-music On Wednesday 16 May Drs Nick Smith and Cathleen Waters from the University’s School of Arts will be discussing the results of their research paper which analyses the radio archives of Desert Island Discs. Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. 
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                    Fold-out solar blankets to power satellites receives £1 million boosthttps://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/fold-out-solar-blankets-power-satellites A new concept for a solar blanket to power satellites that can be folded away will be developed with engineering expertise from the University of Leicester thanks to new funding. 
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                    Spanish Pacific – the exhibition and the cataloguehttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/06/18/spanish-pacific-the-exhibition-and-the-catalogue/ Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on June 18, 2014 During my research trip to Seville in January 2014, and then again in March, I had the opportunity to visit the exhibition Pacífico: España y la aventura de la Mar del Sur ( Pacific : Spain... 
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                    Carnegie medalshttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/02/19/carnegie-medals/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 19, 2025 The longlist for the 2025 Carnegies has been announced. The Carnegies are awards for books written for children and young adults. 
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                    CNS North Korea Missile Test Databasehttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/04/cns-north-korea-missile-test-database/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2017 Keep up to date with the latest tests of all missiles launched by North Korea capable of delivering a payload of at least 500 kilograms (1102. 
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                    The UK Insecure Work Index 2024https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/the-uk-insecure-work-index-2024/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 The latest annual index from the Work Foundation shows that, in 2023, an estimated 6.8 million people (21.4%) were in severely insecure work, an increase of 500,000 from 2022. 
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                    Who are the top LGBT friendly employers in the UK?https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/who-are-the-top-lgbt-friendly-employers-in-the-uk/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 University of Leicester has moved up to 44th position. Find out the others from the annual Stonewall 100 list. 
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                    AOPf22 projecthttps://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/22/aopf22-project/ Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2023 AOPf22 project : Association of photographers has set up an online gallery to encourage collaboration and connections with female and non-binary photographers and networks.