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Endometrial cancer conference will bring experts together to discuss treatment advances
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/endometrial-cancer
A gynaecological oncology expert from the University of Leicester will speak about surgical developments including robotic surgery at a conference for endometrial cancer this month.
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Contents of display case draw
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-4/
9. Scrapers like this were used to remove hair and fat from the animal skin used to make parchment. The scents of Frankincense, Myrrh and Lubanja are sometimes retained within the folios of a manuscript and can still be smelt if we are lucky enough to get close enough.
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What will work be like in 2022?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/22/what-will-work-be-like-in-2022/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2014 W hat will work be like in 2022? Research from Price Waterhouse Cooper.
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Online harassment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/27/online-harassment/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 27, 2014 How common is online harassment? According to a Pew Internet Project repor t 40% of Internet users in the USA have personally experienced online harassment, 73% have...
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Where is the worst place to be a journalist?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/04/where-is-the-worst-place-to-be-a-journalist/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2016 According to the 2016 Index produced annually by The Committee to Protect Journalists Somalia tops the rankings.
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Online harassment: US
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/12/metoo-and-gender-equality-france-and-us/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 12, 2018 A recent Pew report on the American population has also found that the genders and different sectors of the population have different conceptions of what constitutes online harassment.
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Be my best self
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/06/16/be-my-best-self/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2023 Be My Best Self is a tool developed by Dolphin which aims to help individuals reflect on and understand their accessibility needs.
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How do you access news?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/01/how-do-you-access-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 1, 2015 39 out of 50 of the top US news sites now get more traffic from mobile devices than desktop computers.
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How can online learning be improved?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/22/how-can-online-learning-be-improved/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2021 A relevant question at the moment.
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Black literature timeline
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/18/black-literature-timeline/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2021 A resource from the British Library. This literary timeline explores the history of Black literature and writing in Britain through approx.