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• The “Pains of Imprisonment”: an historical sociology of penal transportation?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/11/11/the-pains-of-imprisonment-an-historical-sociology-of-penal-transportation/

  Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 11, 2016   A few years ago, the eminent scholar of the Russian Gulag , Professor Judith Pallot , challenged me to consider the relevance of the sociology of incarceration as a means of understanding convict...

• Robert Harris

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/robert-harris

  The University has learned with regret of the death of Dr Robert (Bob) Roderick Harris who passed away on 11 January 2023.

• Colin Stephenson

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/alumni-newsletter/mba-edition-two-summer-2022/colin-stephenson

  I decided on an MBA first as it was the most relevant to my role as an NHS manager.

• Student research stories featured by the BBC

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/student-research-stories-featured-by-the-bbc

  Two student-led studies published in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics run by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science have been featured on the BBC's '10 things we didn't know last week', which highlights research about interesting and...

• Offer Holder Hub

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/offer-holders

  We don’t want you to miss out on the benefits of attending a University of Leicester Offer Holder Day, which is why we’ve moved everything online.

• News and events

  https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/new-approaches-to-the-material-world/arch-i-scan/news-and-events

  Arch-I-Scan Colloquium and Workshop – Artificial Intelligence and Pottery Identification and Analyses College Court, Leicester Thursday- Friday 20th-21st April 2023 Marking the approaching end of the Arch-I-Scan project, this colloquium provided a great occasion to...

• July Book Group: Early Short Stories

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/07/14/earlyshortstories/

  Summary of the Waugh Book Group's discussion of the early short stories, July 2014.

• Student placement in Special Collections, Week 3-4

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/08/14/student-placement-in-special-collections-week-3-4/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library and Learning Services on August 14, 2025 Guest post written by Yi-Chen Su and Yongqin Huang, who are completing an eight week placement in Archives & Special Collections as part of their MA in Art Museum and Gallery Studies .

• Geology BSc

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/geology-bsc/2026

  We’re walking on billions of years of history. And in Leicester's geology degree, you’ll learn how to piece it all together, to understand how our planet works, and what it takes to carve out a career working on it.

• How to use IIIF with Special Collections Online

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/07/20/how-to-use-iiif-with-special-collections-online/

  Instructions and video on how to use IIIF and Mirador for viewing images on Special Collections Online.