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Student becomes youngest to graduate from Harvard
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/student-becomes-youngest-to-graduate-from-harvard
Eugenie de Silva (pictured), who started reading for her PhD at Leicester aged 15, has become the youngest person to graduate from Harvard University.
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Leicester to award prestigious scholarships
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-to-award-prestigious-scholarships
Our University has been awarded five new scholarships to allow students to pursue a Master’s course wherever they are in the world.
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Determined student overcoming brain injury secures a place at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/determined-student-overcoming-brain-injury-secures-a-place-at-leicester
The achievements of an A Level student who has secured a place to study at our University while working to overcome a brain injury have been celebrated by the charity who supported him.
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About Media and Communication at the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/media/about
Media and Communication at the University of Leicester celebrated 50 years of cutting-edge research in 2016. Find out more about us, our history and our commitment to Athena SWAN.
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On the theme of voting…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/06/on-the-theme-of-voting/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2016 Vote for Froglet (Clangers 1974) voting film where the dragon campaigns for free soup for all! – free via the great BFI player website which is digitising and offering free to the public...
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Chatham House ‘Best think tank in Western Europe’ 2015…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/19/chatham-house-best-think-tank-in-western-europe-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 19, 2016 …according to the 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report an annual ranking produced by The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Employers who underpay workers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/17/employers-who-underpay-workers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 17, 2017 The UK government has released a list of 350 employers who failed to the minimum wage . The page also has facts on the key industrial sectors concerned.
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Public sector pay (UK)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/29/public-sector-pay-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 29, 2017 In the news recently has been some debate about whether the pay cap on public sector pay should be lifted.
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Does advertising effect consumption?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/29/does-advertising-effect-consumption/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2019 Interesting analysis from NHS of a series of surveys.
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Globalstat.eu
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/24/globalstat-eu/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 24, 2017 A useful website project created by the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos (Lisbon, Portugal) and the European University Institute (Florence, Italy) which deals...