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Is the UK citizenship test counterproductive?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/12-uk-citizenship-test-counterproductive
Citizenship test People taking the UK citizenship test|New research indicates that gaining UK citizenship leads to immigrants becoming less engaged in politics.
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Two new volcanic ‘super-eruptions’ discovered
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/june/yellowstone
A new study published in Geology by Leicester academics has highlighted the discovery of two new super-eruptions originating from the Yellowstone hotspot track, including what they believe was the volcanic province’s largest and most cataclysmic event.
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Human intelligence just got less mysterious, according to Leicester University’s neuroscientists
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/human-intelligence
Neuroscience experts from the University of Leicester have released research that breaks with the past fifty years of neuroscientific opinion, arguing that the way we store memories is key to making human intelligence superior to that of animals.
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Attenborough Arts Centre joins worldwide Bloomberg Connects programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/attenborough-arts-centre-bloomberg-connects-programme
Attenborough Arts Centre today announces a new partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies to join the worldwide Bloomberg Connects programme.
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Gender Gap report 2018
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/26/gender-gap-report-2018/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2018 The latest annual report compiled from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) has just been released by the Office for National Statistics.
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Database of Research on International Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/25/database-of-research-on-international-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2012 http://www.idp.com/about-idp/research-database/quick-search.
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World Bank eAtlas of Gender
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/07/world-bank-eatlas-of-gender/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2011 http://www.app.collinsindicate.
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US Census bureau historical voting publications
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/02/us-census-bureau-historical-voting-publications/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2012 http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/socdemo/voting/publications/historical/index.html Statistical data on US national and presidential elections.
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Arab social media report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/21/arab-social-media-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 21, 2012 http://www.dsg.ae/en/asmr3/index.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 Dubai University has been conducting surveys of the use of social media in the Arab uprising.
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Threatened news outlets web archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/09/threatened-news-outlets-web-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2018 The Freedom of the Press Foundation launched in November 2017 a collection on Archive.