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• Country Houses and the British Empire: How Imperialism Transformed Britain’s Colonial Countryside

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-colonial-countryside/2022

  Explore the fascinating histories of Britain’s colonial houses and their links to the British Empire.

• New Leicester education centre to provide opportunities for city’s young people

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/intouni

  Young people in Leicester will have a greater chance of realising their ambitions thanks to a new education centre in the city.

• Universities and colleges join forces to help Leicestershire’s young people decide their futures

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/pathways-universities-join-forces

  A partnership of universities and colleges working to raise aspirations in the region’s young people has engaged over 4800 from disadvantaged backgrounds.

• Leicester’s Graduate City project up for national award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/ise-shortlist

  A pioneering work experience project designed to match skilled students with Leicester businesses has been shortlisted for a major national award.

• Who’s downloading pirated papers?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/06/whos-downloading-pirated-papers/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2016 Fascinating article from Science magazine which concludes that students and researchers from around the world are. It focuses upon downloads from SCI-HUB.

• Trump’s inauguration – protests

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/20/trumps-inauguration-protests/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2017 See the website of the Womens March on London 2017 which has details on the global movement.

• UNESCO’s Internet Universality Indicators

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/10/unescos-internet-universality-indicators/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 10, 2018 This is based on 4 principles.

• Oral history: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/06/24/oral-history-womens-international-league-for-peace-and-freedom/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2022 Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Oral Histories is part of the ‘These Dangerous Women’ community heritage project.

• Richard III’s discovery takes to the stage at the Royal Institution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/23-richard-iii-royal-institution-haldene-lecture

  Richard III geneticist Professor Turi King to give prestigious JBS Haldane Lecture on Monday 26 November 2018.

• The Cosmic Oasis: Leicester environment experts explore Earth’s biosphere in new popular science book

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/cosmic-oasis

  Environment experts from the University of Leicester will explore human impact on our planet’s delicate biosphere in a new book. The Earth holds a special place in the cosmos with its ancient, complex and diverse biosphere.