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• Britain’s largest ‘Sea Dragon’ discovered in Rutland

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/rutland-sea-dragon

  Ichthyosaurs first appeared around 250 million years ago and went extinct 90 million years ago. They were an extraordinary group of marine reptiles that varied in size from 1 to more than 25 metres in length, and resembled dolphins in general body shape.

• More on International Woman’s Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/13/more-on-international-womans-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2018 International Woman’s Day was celebrated on the 8 th March This year the theme was press for progress. In Spain over 5 million women joined a strike which was supported by local mayor.

• Tequila: Pulque’s Friend, Cousin, Usurper?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/09/01/tequila-pulques-friend-cousin-usurper/

  Deborah Toner discusses the relationship and rivalry between pulque and tequila in Mexican history, and summarises a recently published book by Marie Sarita Gaytan, Tequila: Distilling the Spirit of Mexico (Stanford University Press, 2014)

• Are today’s twenty something’s better off than in the past?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/17/are-todays-twenty-somethings-better-off-than-in-the-past/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2018 Not according to this report from the Intergenerational Foundation Think tank It compared economic wellbeing, relationships, health, personal environment and a sense of belonging from...

• From Berlin to Leicester: A Looted Book’s Tale

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/11/05/from-berlin-to-leicester-a-looted-books-tale/

  Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on November 5, 2024 Please note that this post contains content relating to suicide and the Holocaust.

• Party Like it’s 1929

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/09/01/1929/

  Invitation to an Eveybody's Reading 2014 event celebrating Evelyn Waugh.

• Leicester’s Juno Magnetospheric and Auroral Science

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/07/06/leicesters-juno-magnetospheric-and-auroral-science/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on July 6, 2016 While much of Stan Cowley’s early scientific career concerned theoretical and data analysis studies of the Earth’s outer plasma environment, involvement in work on the gas giant...

• Getting Started with Law in Children’s Lives

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/licl/2014/11/19/getting-started-with-law-in-childrens-lives/

  Posted by ekirk in Law in Children's Lives on November 19, 2014 Draft Alien for Law in Children’s Lives project Welcome to the Law in Children’s Lives project blog.

• Chancellor’s International Scholarship

  https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/fees-funding/scholarships-discounts/chancellor

  To honour Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock PhD as the University of Leicester's Chancellor, we are offering our Chancellor's International Scholarship to eligible postgraduate international students.

• The U.S. Media Index database

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/24/the-u-s-media-index-database/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2021 F ind out who owns what . Compiled by the Future of Media Project the index details the 176 parent companies of daily news outlets.