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• Professor Sir Nilesh Samani announced as next British Heart Foundation Medical Director

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/professor-sir-nilesh-samani-announced-as-next-british-heart-foundation-medical-director

  Professor Sir Nilesh Samani (pictured) has been announced as the next Medical Director of the British Heart Foundation (BHF). He will succeed Professor Peter Weissberg who will retire in October 2016 after twelve years as Medical Director of the cardiovascular research charity.

• Leicester ranked amongst prestigious top 100 universities in Europe

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-ranked-amongst-prestigious-top-100-universities-in-europe

  The University of Leicester has been ranked amongst the top universities in Europe by a new ranking of elite institutions across the continent.

• Earth observation expert to educate people on the impact of aerosols on the climate

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/earth-observation-expert-aerosols-impact-climate

  Dr Adam Povey from the University of Leicester will deliver the latest Space Park Conversations talk ‘Smoke and Mirrors: Observing the impact of aerosols on climate’ at Space Park Leicester on 6 May

• Scientists involved in discovery of origins of ghost particles in space

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/scientists-involved-in-discovery-of-origins-of-ghost-particles-in-space

  Scientists from our University have played a key role in a momentous discovery about the origins of ‘ghostly’ particles from the distant universe that bombard Earth from billions of light years away.

• Gender, Race and War

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/pl3145

  Module code: PL3145 How does war come to be thought of as virtuous, just or humanitarian? The post-Cold War era has been defined by a renaissance in war.

• 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...

• How much do rich nations help the poorest?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/01/how-much-do-rich-nations-help-the-poorest/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2019 The Center for Global Development has developed an index which measures the commitment of the world’s richest nations to aiding the poorest.

• Family Online Safety Grid Directory update

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/03/family-online-safety-grid-directory-update/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 3, 2016 Global Resource & Information Directory (GRID ) was first launched in 2010 by the Family Online Safety Institute in partnership with UNICEF.

• Modern slavery

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/11/modern-slavery/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2017 The commercial company Maplethrorpe have just released their 2017 modern slavery index . You can view a summary on their website.

• Exploring menopause through collections 

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/exploring-menopause-through-collections/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 E xploring menopause through collections   A Wellcome webinar/online discussion about how to explore museum collections in ways that are creative.