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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/61/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Research presents most detailed ever catalogue of our galactic neighbourhood
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/gaia-space-observatory-findings
An international team of astronomers, including experts from the University of Leicester, announced the most detailed ever catalogue of stars in a huge swathe of our Milky Way galaxy.
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Ethics4Sports project to address discrimination in sporting world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/2018ethics4sports2019-project-to-address-discrimination-in-sporting-world
Our University is involved in a new international project to address challenges faced by many in the world of sport, including racism, sexism and the use of drugs.
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Expert opinions cover publishing difficulties political rivalries Donald Trump and RRS Boaty McBoatface
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/expert-opinions-cover-the-difficulties-of-being-published-when-covering-hard-to-classify-topics
Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management has written an article for the Times Higher Education about the difficulties of being published when writing about difficult-to-classify topics, such as those of an interdisciplinary nature.
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Civil rights expert to deliver annual American Studies lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/14-american-studies-lecture
An expert on the history of the Black Power movement will deliver a free public lecture at the University of Leicester on Monday 21 October.
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The World Bank Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/30/the-world-bank-socio-economic-database-for-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2012 http://sedlac.econo.unlp.edu.ar/eng/statistics.php Maintained by CEDLAS (Universidad Nacional de La Plata) http://cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.
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Rise Up: digital archive of Canadian Feminism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/10/rise-up-digital-archive-of-canadian-feminism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 10, 2018 Covering the period 1970-1990. This resource from a women’s collective has a wealth of information.
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Specialised Foundation Programme SFP
https://le.ac.uk/clinical-academic-training/sfp
Our Academic Foundation Programmes at Leicester are two year training posts, with a 4 month research placement, which allow further study into clinical academia.
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Alumni Awards Dinner
https://le.ac.uk/alumni/join-us/events/award-winners-showcase
Biographies of past winners of University of Leicester Alumni Awards
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Ruth David (1929-2020)
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/ruth-david
Ruth’s last visit to the University of Leicester, 26 November 2019.|The David Wilson Library holds copies of Ruth's memoirs, A Child of Her Time, and of Lifelines, a volume of letters she and her parents exchanged before they were deported to Auschwitz.