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Thinking About Convict Objects, in French Guiana
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/11/28/thinking-about-convict-objects-in-french-guiana/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on November 28, 2015 In the Musée Départemental Alexandre Franconie in Cayenne there is a room dedicated to the history of the French colonial bagne (prison).
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Fighting Disinformation Online: Building the Database of Web Tools
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/fighting-disinformation-online-building-the-database-of-web-tools/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 A new report from think tank Rand describes the building of the database which has links to useful sources for researchers on detecting spam, codes, credibility scoring,...
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In my prison notebook
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/08/29/in-my-prison-notebook/
Posted by Carrie Crockett in Carceral Archipelago on August 29, 2016 Last year I came across a rare archival find: multiple editions of a 19th century prison newspaper covertly produced by Russian inmates between 1890 and 1905.
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New BHF-funded research could predict the growth of life-threatening aneurysms before it is too late
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/07-aneurysms
Illustration of abdominal arteries with two different types of aneurysm Illustration of abdominal arteries with two different types of aneurysm 425|Research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) at the University of Leicester could reduce the risk of death from a...
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Dr Vijay Sharma appointed Pro-Chancellor for Community Engagement at the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/vijay-sharma
The former Head of the BBC Asian Network has been appointed Pro-Chancellor for Community Engagement at the University of Leicester.
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The Bloody Business of the Bloody Code: Dissecting the Criminal Corpse. By Elizabeth Hurren
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/05/03/bloody-business-bloody-code/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on May 3, 2016 Imagine hearing local gossip that a notorious murderer was about to be executed, and that everyone in the vicinity of a homicide was planning to turn out to see the violent culprit...
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University graduate is paving the way for female politicians
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/naomi
New council leader Naomi Tweddle is hoping to be a pioneer for a new generation of female politicians in local government
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Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 16
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/16/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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A quarter of FTSE 350 companies have only one woman on their board
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/11/16/a-quarter-of-ftse-350-companies-have-only-one-woman-on-their-board/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2018 …according to the 2018 report of the Hampton-Alexander review into increasing the number of women in senior positions in FTSE 350 companies.
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Mayoral Election Debate 2015 at the Attenborough Arts Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/bbc-radio-leicester-mayoral-election-debate-2015
On the evening of Thursday 30 April 2015 BBC Radio Leicester will be bringing together all seven candidates battling it out to become Leicester's next Elected Mayor at the University's Attenborough Arts Centre.