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World University rankings: what is their worth?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/19/world-university-rankings-what-is-their-worth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 19, 2020 Interesting findings from an ARMA committee investigating some of the most well known and influential rankings of universities: ARWU , THE WR , QS, ...
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The Graduate Gender Pay Gap
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/16/the-graduate-gender-pay-gap/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2020 The graduate gender pay gap report from Hepi .
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Empowered Campus: Gender-based violence reports
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/12/07/empowered-campus-gender-based-violence-reports/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 7, 2020 Empowered Campus has released materials arguing that gender-based violence should be a priority in light of Covid-19 – predicting a rise in cases of sexual harassment and assault in...
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Hate Crime USA
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/25/hate-crime-usa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2012 http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.
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Culture of bullying for UK black academics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/02/08/culture-of-bullying-for-uk-black-academics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2019 …according to a recent survey by UCU union. There are only 25 black female professors in the UK. 0.1 % of the total percentage.
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Career trajectories in UK departments of Politics and International Relations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/career-trajectories-in-uk-departments-of-politics-and-international-relations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 A report for the British International Studies Association and the Political Studies Association covering UK academic careers in Higher education.
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How much debt do students have?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/13/how-much-debt-do-students-have/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2017 IFS has provided an estimate that students from ‘low-income families graduating with the highest debt levels, in excess of £57,000.
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Giving from Canada
https://le.ac.uk/giving/ways-to-give/canada
Learn more about your options if you would like to give towards the University of Leicester from the USA.
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Free legal advice clinic
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/legal-advice
Our law students volunteer, giving up their time and applying their legal training to benefit people in the local community who cannot afford legal advice.
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Humanising Space
https://le.ac.uk/humanising-space
The Humanising Space Research Group explores how new perspectives to our shared Global Space Age might impact approaches to the production and governance of Space technologies now.