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Sold-out true crime themed wine tasting evening returns to Cardiff this Valentine’s Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/wine-and-crime
Read more about the new true crime event hosted by Dr Angela Muir, Director of the Centre for Regional and Local History
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National Space Centre’s Women in Space Series
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/12/01/national-space-centres-women-in-space-series/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 1 December 2020 Leicester Space Scientists have been included in a series of interviews by the National Space Centre focussing on Women in Space and careers in STEM.
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Leicestershire’s small and medium-sized enterprises offered fully funded support to thrive in the green economy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/greener-future
A fully-funded advisory service offered by the University of Leicester is launching to help Leicestershire’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) thrive.
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Chief Scientific Adviser pays tribute to University of Leicester’s world-leading research, impact, and COVID-19 response during visit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/sir-patrick-vallance
Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, recently visited the University of Leicester to find out more about its research expertise and to deliver a lecture on the importance of scientific advice in national policymaking.
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£6,000 award empowers Leicester’s Black and Mixed Heritage students to embRACE study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/embrace
A new award that aims to empower Black and Mixed Heritage students to flourish at the University of Leicester has been established by one of its alumni, inspired by superstar British rapper Stormzy.
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The Prado Museum’s new Digital Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/22/the-prado-museums-new-digital-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 22, 2024 …provides free access to a searchable catalogue of full text books and journals covering art history published from the late 15th to the early 20th century.
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Art of the March : New Digital archive of the Boston’s Women March
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/02/art-of-the-march-new-digital-archive-of-the-bostons-women-march/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2018 Art of the March is an online archive and interactive presentation of protest signs and posters collected from the activists in the aftermath of the historic Boston Women’s...
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UNSCR 1325 at 20: report from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/09/unscr-1325-at-20-report-from-the-womens-international-league-for-peace-and-freedom/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2020 This WILPF report, Perspectives from Feminist Peace Activists and Civil Society , is based on a series of global interviews, consultations, and meetings with feminist peace activists...
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Internationally renowned novelist joins Leicester’s top academics to discuss why climate change has been banished from fiction books
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/dr-amitav-ghosh
Distinguished author and Booker prize nominee, Dr Amitav Ghosh, will join top scientists and a world-leading historian to explore how the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences have shaped, and can shape, our thinking about the climate emergency.
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Knowledge Gateway for Women’s Economic Empowerment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/27/knowledge-gateway-for-womens-economic-empowerment/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 27, 2013 Launched by UN Women in association with the government of Canada. News and full-text resources relating to women and economics.