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Drying Congo peatlands threaten to accelerate climate change
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/congo-cop27
Study reveals how the Congo peatlands changed from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions.
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About us
https://le.ac.uk/celi/about-us
CELI is a team of leading researchers working on European Law and Internationalisation. We pride ourselves on delivering detailed research and academic support for students.
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Esteemed academics from top UK universities to take part in Black in Academia panel event at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/esteemed-academics-from-top-uk-universities-to-take-part-in-2018black-in-academia2019-panel-event-at-leicester
An upcoming event at the University of Leicester will see some of Britain’s leading academic minds take part in a discussion on equality in Higher Education on Thursday 26 October.
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Women and low pay
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/22/women-and-low-pay/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2014 A number of reports have revealed a gender disparity in pay rates.
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Zero hour contracts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/zero-hour-contracts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 The UK Office for National Statistics has just released some initial data on the number of individuals employed on zero hours contracts.
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Ipso Mori state of the nation report 2013
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/01/18/ipso-mori-state-of-the-nation-report-2013/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2013 Ipso Mori state of the nation report 2013 examined public attitudes towards the economy and indicated a growing optimism in relation to last year.
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Reminder: Primary Sources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/01/18/reminder-primary-sources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 18, 2013 USA 108 volumes of the Foreign Relations of the United States are now available in epub and MOBI formats. http://history.state.
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Technology and protest
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/04/20/technology-and-protest/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2012 Tell Dave protests: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/britains-web-monitoring-plan-draws-comparisons-to-1984-and-kafka/2012/04/02/gIQAbNB5qS_blog.
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A’ level results, HE and social mobility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/18/a-level-results-he-and-social-mobility/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 18, 2017 How do this year’s A’ level results compare? For official statistics see the Department of Education official data. from 2003 onwards.
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Summer On Campus
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/06/10/summer-on-campus/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on June 10, 2016 With exam season drawing to a close (my sympathies to those continuing their studies through the summer), now is an opportune moment to relax and soak up some rays around the University campus.