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• Local schoolchildren to learn about Richard III discovery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/local-schoolchildren-to-learn-about-richard-iii-discovery-at-home-of-dna-fingerprinting

  For the third year running Leicester schoolchildren will learn the scientific and archaeological skills used to uncover King Richard III at a series of workshop days starting on Monday 23 February 2015.

• PhD researchers rise to Three Minute Thesis challenge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/three-minute-thesis-seaweed

  More than 100,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were sold in the UK in 2020, with further demand for battery technology in hybrid vehicles.

• Global Parents Day

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/06/04/global-parents-day/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2020 The First of June is designated by th e   United Nations as Global Parents day   s o here are some quick research links: Are parents becoming older? Yes in the UK according...

• Mental Health UK

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/16/mental-health-uk/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2018 10 th October was World Mental Health Day and the first Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit has been held.   Its website has reports and decisions.

• May Day: early 19th century traditions

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/04/29/may-day-early-19th-century-traditions/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on April 29, 2016 Laying May branches Whilst many associate traditional celebrations of May Day with maypoles and Morris dancers, one early nineteenth century custom featured ‘Mayers’ (those included in May Day...

• OASCIV: Making Oasis Civilisation in the Moroccan Sahara

  https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/diverse-heritage/oasis-civilisation

  OASCIV: Making Oasis Civilisation in the Moroccan Sahara project, team members and select publications

• Criminal Laws on Homosexuality in African Nations

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/03/21/criminal-laws-on-homosexuality-in-african-nations/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 21, 2014 Criminal Laws on Homosexuality in African Nations Useful  chart produced in February 2014 by the Law Library of the Library of Congress which summarizes the treatment of...

• State of Broadband 2013 Report

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/27/state-of-broadband-2013-report/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 27, 2013 State of Broadband 2013 report released by the Broadband Commission for Digital Development.

• Occupy Wall Street protest site

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/17/occupy-wall-street-protest-site/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2011 http://occupywallst.org/ This website is a good example of the Internet being used to organise protests. The website includes user generated maps, video streams and organisers materials.

• Saturn’s high-altitude winds generate an extraordinary aurorae

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/02/08/saturns-high-altitude-winds-generate-an-extraordinary-aurorae/

  Leicester space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fuelling huge planetary aurorae at Saturn.