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Expert comment Tony Blair is right Prime Ministers must be allowed to take difficult decisions
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/expert-comment-tony-blair-is-right-prime-ministers-must-be-allowed-to-take-difficult-decisions
The Iraq war was a ‘catastrophic error’ and shows us that going to war should always be the last resort, according to Dr Robert Dover from the Department of Politics and International Relations.
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Leicester’s league table rise shows students really dig their digs
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/uni-compare
Satisfied students who are impressed with their accommodation are behind the University of Leicester’s dramatic rise in a national league table.
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Towards an Evolutionary History of Penological Information in Modern Japan
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/04/16/towards-an-evolutionary-history-of-penological-information-in-modern-japan/
University of Leicester staff blogs convicts Japan carceral archipelago
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Advancing the protection of migrants human rights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/advancing-the-protection-of-migrants2019-human-rights
Leicester Law School lecturer Alan Desmond has recently edited an international collaborative book on the UN Migrant Workers Convention and its potential to advance the protection of migrants’ human rights.
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Marina Spunta
https://le.ac.uk/people/marina-spunta
The academic profile of Dr Marina Spunta, Associate Professor of Italian at University of Leicester
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University of Leicester partners with local Violence Reduction Network and Home Office to tackle violent crime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/serious-violence
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Violence Reduction Network, in partnership with the University of Leicester and the Home Office, will welcome policy-makers, practitioners and academics from across the UK to share new research insights and best practice on preventing and...
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Study finds plastic is changing the behaviour of the world’s river sediment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/catherine-russell
A University of Leicester expert has led a study which has found plastic pollution is changing the way riverbeds behave.
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Adult Learners’ Week Special: A Handful of Dust
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/03/25/adult-learners-week-special-a-handful-of-dust/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on March 25, 2014 facsimiledustjackets.com/cgi-bin/fdj455/5072.html The Book Group is delighted to be taking part in Leicester libraries’ Adult Learners’ Week, which runs form 14-20 June 2014.
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2025 Spring Statement resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/28/2025-spring-statement-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 28, 2025 UK government background briefing: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10220/ Spring Statement Information: https://www.gov.
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Measuring financial inclusion: the Global Findex Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/14/measuring-financial-inclusion-the-global-findex-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 14, 2012 http://econ.worldbank.