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• Dr Yang Xiao

  https://le.ac.uk/people/yang-xiao

  The academic profile of Dr Yang Xiao, Lecturer in Engineering (Electrical and Electronics) at University of Leicester

• Immigration and indigenism in popular historical discourses

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/the-diasporas-projects/immigration-and-indigenism-in-popular-historical-discourses

  Academic advisors Professor Steve Brown Professor Simon James The purpose of this project is to explore the ways in which popular narratives of historical migrations shape contemporary identities.

• Public lecture will see experts discuss how to police sexual violence

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/scarman

  Sexual violence against women and girls in Britain will be discussed by experts in a public lecture at University of Leicester this month.

• School of Business shaping initiatives to boost local enterprise

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/school-of-business-to-help-shape-local-initiatives

  Businesses across the East Midlands are being asked to identify and rank their greatest concerns for the coming 12 months. The question is being posed in the first East Midlands Chamber Quarterly Economic Survey of 2018, in partnership with the School of Business.

• Leicester scientist discusses BepiColombo mission to Mercury

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-professor-discusses-bepicolombo-mission-to-mercury

  Professor Emma Bunce, Principal Investigator of the Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS) - one of the main instruments on the upcoming BepiColombo Mercury mission which was designed and built by Leicester researchers, has been interviewed about the mission for BBC...

• Researchers shed light on why and how Stonehenge was built

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/researchers-shed-light-on-why-and-how-stonehenge-was-built

  Excavation of two quarries in Wales by a team of archaeologists and geologists - including Dr Rob Ixer, a researcher with the Department of Geology - has confirmed they are sources of Stonehenge’s ‘bluestones’, shedding light on how they were quarried...

• Gender pay gap reporting around the world

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/19/gender-pay-gap-reporting-around-the-world/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2020 How does the UK’s pay gap compare with other countries ? Get some insight from the latest Fawcett society report which compares 10 nations.

• Bloomberg: Short positions

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/27/bloomberg-short-positions/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 27, 2013 WH Smith Plc’s share price has soared about 30 percent this year, and Barclays Plc expects more good news for the U.K. newsagent at its full-year results on Oct. 10.

• Food and water

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/16/the-cost-of-a-plate-of-food-2020-wfp/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2020 The Cost of a Plate of Food 2020 (WFP) A basic meal is far beyond the reach of millions of people in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic joins existing food shortages and hunger according...

• Votes for women: coronation special (1911)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/votes-for-women-coronation-special-1911/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 An important part of suffrage campaigning was the organisation of mass processions and parades for the 1911 Coronation of King George V.