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Government commits 60 million of funding to universities in the midlands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/government-commits-ps60-million-of-funding-to-universities-in-the-midlands
The Government has today confirmed £60 million for a new energy research project in the Midlands.
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Leicester ranked 37th in the world in THE University Impact Rankings 2019
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/03-the-university-impact-rankings-2019
The University of Leicester is delighted to announce that we have been ranked 37th in the inaugural international Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings out of well over 500 institutions from 75 countries worldwide.
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World laws on online speech
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/25/world-laws-on-online-speech/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2018 The Stanford Center for Internet and Society (CIS) has relaunched World Intermediary Liability Map .
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The IPPO Living Map: a searchable database of evidence on the social impacts of COVID-19
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/15/the-ippo-living-map-a-searchable-database-of-evidence-on-the-social-impacts-of-covid-19/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2021 Just launched, a searchable international database of systematic reviews of research about the social impacts of COVID-19.
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Banned Books and Academic Freedom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/10/13/banned-books-and-academic-freedom/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 13, 2023 Sage has launched a new collection of free-to-read research of articles from its academic journals highlighting the effects of academic censorship on democracy, social-emotional...
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Eighteenth-Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/15/eighteenth-century-political-participation-electoral-culture/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2023 Eighteenth-Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture (ECPPEC) A project funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council to research how people participated...
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History of Economic Thought revamp
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/23/history-of-economic-thought-revamp/
Posted by William Farrell in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 23, 2016 The website History of Economic Thought re-launched recently thanks to support from the Institute for New Economic Thinking . Run by Gonçalo L.
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What contributes to school students well-being?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/04/24/what-contributes-to-school-students-well-being/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 24, 2017 Find out by reading the latest OECD PISA reports. This also provides country surveys which consider where teenagers feel happiest.
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Field Guide to Fake News
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/22/field-guide-to-fake-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2018 Recently Dartmouth college analysed the extent of election news manipulation in the 2016 USA presidential election.
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Congrats to Soheb Mandhai – Winning Entry for RAS Early Career Poster Exhibition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/25/congrats-to-soheb-mandhai-winning-entry-for-ras-early-career-poster-exhibition/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 November 2020 The School congratulates researcher Soheb Mandhai on one of the five winning entries for the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) poster exhibition.