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• Jewish Britain on Film

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/11/20/jewish-britain-on-film/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2017 A fabulous free archival film collection launched on the BFI player  combines documentaries of Jewish life and culture with early film depictions of Jewish characters.

• Unlocking our sound heritage

  https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/unlocking-our-sound-heritage

  Links British Library's Unlocking Our Sound Heritage British Library Sounds Leicestershire oral histories For further information contact Colin Hyde.

• Joe Ortons celebrated play Loot to be explored 50 years after premiere

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/joe-orton2019s-celebrated-play-loot-to-be-explored-50-years-after-premiere

  A two-day celebration of Joe Orton's Loot organised by a University of Leicester academic marks 50 years since the London premiere of his ‘comedy of horrors’.

• RNA studies advance holds out hope for cancer drug development

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/rna-studies-advance-holds-out-hope-for-cancer-drug-development

  An international research team led by our University has made a breakthrough advance that could pave a new route for the development of anti-cancer drugs.

• How maths drives Formula One and launches Angry Birds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/how-maths-drives-formula-one-and-launches-angry-birds

  Tapping at mobile phone games, waking up to sunlight on a pleasant morning or watching a Formula One race – such experiences are at the heart of modern life, and mathematics is working behind the scenes on all of them.

• New data visualisation site from the Office for National Statistics

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/11/new-data-visualisation-site-from-the-office-for-national-statistics/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 11, 2016 Now in Beta version  Visual.ONS http://visual.ons.gov.uk/ which aims to provide new visually interesting and accessible displays of official statistics.

• Decolonising Filmic Experience workshops webinars archive

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/12/13/decolonising-filmic-experience-workshops-webinars-archive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2024 These took place at University of Hertfordshire in Summer 2024 and are described by the organisers as intended to be part of a continuing dialogue around the coloniality of filmic...

• Accelerate Your Career placement 2019: guest post

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/06/19/accelerate-your-career-placement-2019-guest-post/

  archives, work experience

• Sounds for the Future

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/07/05/sounds-for-the-future/

  Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on July 5, 2022 In July 2022, the Sounds for the Future project has been up and running for two months and this blog looks at the reasons for running the project, what we have done so far and the issues this has raised.

• “We must celebrate”: England’s World Cup win 50 years on

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/07/29/we-must-celebrate-englands-world-cup-win-50-years-on/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on July 29, 2016 On 30 July 1966 England won the World Cup.