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International Women’s Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/08/international-womens-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2018 International Women’s Day is celebrated on the 8 th March to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. This year the theme is Press for Progress.
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86-year-old PhD graduate amongst University of Leicester’s Class of 2023
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/stan-hardie
An 86-year-old was amongst the thousands of students who graduated from the University of Leicester last week. Stan Hardie was awarded a PhD in History on Thursday (17 January), making him the oldest graduate of the University’s Class of 2023.
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Syria’s internet blackout
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/syrias-internet-blackout/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 Google launches speak to tweet service because of Syria’s internet blackout, a good example of the use of social media to provide crisis communications.
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Bloomberg: Prudential’s dividends
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/bloomberg-prudentials-dividends/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 Prudential PLC, the U.K.’s second biggest insurer by market share, reported rising Asia sales and an 18 percent increase in first-half Asia operating earnings.
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U.S Political Advertising
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2010/11/05/u-s-political-advertising/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 5, 2010 The Wesleyan Media Project 2010 political advertising < http://election-ad.research.wesleyan.
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Local Politics in Leicester During the 1890s
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/04/29/local-politics-in-leicester-during-the-1890s/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on April 29, 2015 ‘The Wyvern Smiles’ from ‘The Wyvern’, (Leicester, 20 November 1891).
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The passport: is it the only way to say who we truly are?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/passport
Read the article "The passport: is it the only way to say who we truly are?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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New five-year plan set to boost Leicester’s creative economy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/cultural-strategy
A five-year strategy that aims to create thousands of new jobs in Leicester’s creative economy and engage hundreds more adults in the city’s arts and cultural offer has been backed by the University of Leicester.
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Space Park Leicester - have your say
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/space-park-leicester-have-your-say
The public is being invited to help shape the future of space development in Leicester. A consultation session is being held on Thursday 7 June, between 3pm and 7:30pm, for Space Park Leicester - a science park focused on the space and space-enabled industries.
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Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester: The School of Criminology and S
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/
The School of Criminology and Sociology: follow us to find out who we are and what we do.