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  • Domestic abuse

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 11, 2015 The national domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid has launched a free coercive control toolkit supported by Avon , to coincide with the Home Office’s implementation of the coercive...

  • #ColorOurCollections

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 10, 2021 For women’s history month, Europeana has released a great new colouring book about women in history with images from Europe’s greatest library and heritage collections.

  • David Fisher

    We have learned, with sadness, of the death of David Fisher, who was the University’s first Head of Computing. Mr Fisher passed away on 23 November 2024 in a hospital in Auckland, New Zealand. The University extends deepest condolences to his wife Winsome.

  • UK researchers join UN led collaboration to measure methane emissions from Nord Stream Pipeline Leak – largest ever leak of methane recorded

    University of Leicester scientists at the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) have contributed to a study of methane emissions from the Nord Stream subsea pipeline leaks

  • New species of rare ancient worm discovered in fossil hotspot

    A team of researchers including Leicester’s Professor David Siveter have discovered a new species of lobopodian, an ancient relative of modern-day velvet worms, in 430 million-years-old Silurian rocks in Herefordshire, UK.

  • Dr Sylvia Pinches

    Dr Sylvia Pinches received her doctorate in 2001, and has since held a number of posts, including as a researcher for the Compton Verney House Trust and as a curator at 78 Derngate, Northampton.

  • Does social media make you happy or unhappy?

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 20, 2019 This week the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Inquiry: “ Managing the Impact of Social Media on Young People’s  Mental...

  • Femicide census

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 20, 2015 The first UK census of women killed by men (2009-2013) was released by Women’s Aid last week.

  • The first Wide-Field Snapshots of the X-ray Universe

    The first truly wide-field X-ray images of the sky have been taken by a pathfinder mission testing Lobster-Eye technology for the Einstein Probe (EP) satellite, writes Prof. Paul O'Brien.

  • Leading economist to address financial stability issues at international conference

    A leading financial economist from our School of Business is to give a keynote speech at a major international conference in Norway. Professor Panicos Demetriades (pictured) will address the European Forum of Deposit Insurers (EFDI) on 13 September.

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