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Trauma-informed pedagogy
https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/initiatives/trauma-informed-pedagogy
Check research on trauma informed pedagogy in the English classroom for refugee learners from University of Leicester Sanctuary Seekers' Unit and access free training resources or book workshop.
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Smart phone usage USA 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/15/smart-phone-usage-usa-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2015 According to the Pew Research Center, nearly two thirds of Americans now depend on their smart phones for daily life. Download the Pew survey results for the full data.
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Wellbeing among children and young people
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/11/wellbeing-among-children-and-young-people/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 11, 2021 Measures bank for Children and Young Peoples Wellbeing What Works Centre for Wellbeing has a developed a metrics framework to measure the subjective wellbeing of children and...
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Advertisements from Exponent women’s newspaper
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/08/10/advertisements-from-exponent-womens-newspaper/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 10, 2021 A historic database of advertisements from Woman’s Exponent newspaper from 1872-1914, made available free online from Brigham Young University’s Harold B.
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Better Life Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/12/better-life-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2014 2014 Better Life Index released by OECD This annual survey of OECD countries seek to answer the question “What do people want from life?” It has been in operation since 2011.
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Oral history projects in Northamptonshire
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/what-is-oral-history/directory-of-oral-history/east-midlands/northamptonshire
Browse projects and oral history materials from Northamptonshire, including Black History project, which was a project aiming to record and promote stories of the Northamptonshire's black communities over the past 500 years.
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Work-life balance supports improve employee well-being
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/02/19/work-life-balance-supports-improve-employee-well-being/
Posted by Stephen Wood in School of Business Blog on February 19, 2018 In this blog post Professor Stephen Wood presents some interesting findings on work-life balance and well-being, arguing that the main reasons for the improvement of employee well-being where work-life...
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 26 November 2 December
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-26-november-2-december
Dr David Clark from the School of English has written an article for The Conversation discussing medieval attitudes towards sex.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 3 9 December
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-3-9-december
Dr Alan Cann from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has written an article for the Leicester Mercury discussing how bacteria have been evolving ways to shrug off the effects of antibiotics.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 12 18 November
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-12-18-november
Dr Athina Karatzogianni from the Department of Media and Communication has written an article for The Conversation about 'hacktivist' group Anonymous and how it hopes to challenge the Islamic State.