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• The politics of comparison: writing a global history of punishment

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/02/05/the-politics-of-comparison-writing-a-global-history-of-punishment/

  Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on February 5, 2015 The Carceral Archipelago project faces enormous challenges in writing the history of punishment as global history.

• Researchers make spectacular discovery of how learning takes place and memories are formed

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/researchers-make-spectacular-discovery-of-how-learning-takes-place-and-memories-are-formed

  Brain scientists in the UK and US have collaborated to make ‘a spectacular discovery’ - for the first time in human studies - of how memories are formed and new learning takes place.

• ITUC Global Rights Index 2017

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/23/ituc-global-rights-index-2017/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 23, 2017 The latest annual report from the International Trade Union Federation ranks on the worse countries to work in in terms of trade union and labour protection.

• Leicester nominated for two Learning on Screen Awards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-nominated-for-two-learning-on-screen-awards

  The University has been nominated for two awards at the 12th annual Learning On Screen Awards for its HeForShe video which pledges its commitment to the U.N.

• Archaeology and Heritage MA, PGDip, PGCert, by distance learning

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/archaeology-and-heritage-ma-dl/2026

  What is the role, value and impact of archaeology in our broader society? How should archaeologists present and communicate the past to the public? How can they design archaeological projects to produce both new knowledge and real impact?

• The Right to be Heard Framework: A learning companion

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/the-right-to-be-heard-framework-a-learning-companion/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 An online guide from Oxfam intended for development workers.  The right to be heard framework aims to help poor people be heard by politicians.

• Global Gender pay gap

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/24/3028/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2017 For details on the Global Gender Pay gap see the recent United Nations Stop the Robbery campaign which has been launched on social media It is supporting the http://www.unwomen.

• The need to forge new models of international partnership

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/apollo-blog

  Henrietta O’Connor shares the University of Leicester's international partnership model built on complementary areas of expertise, identifying shared aims, and finding areas of commonality.

• Genes for learning and memory are 650 million years old, study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/big-bang

  A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression and other complex behaviours originated around 650 million years ago.

• Indigenous Peoples in Business and Human Rights Litigation – A Global Analysis

  https://le.ac.uk/law/research/research-projects/indigenous-peoples-in-business-and-human-rights-litigation-a-global-analysis

  This project explores the intersection between Indigenous Peoples’ rights and the human rights responsibilities of business enterprises.