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• Leicester PhD student publishes book on traditional British ballads

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-phd-student-publishes-book-on-traditional-british-ballads

  PhD student Kevan Manwaring from our School of Arts is publishing a new book based on his Creative Writing PhD research which will appeal to people passionate about folk music and storytelling.

• Professor Henrietta O'Connor appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of College

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/15-henrietta-o-connor-new-pro-vc-head-of-college

  The University of Leicester is delighted to announce that Professor Henrietta O'Connor has been appointed to the role leading the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities.

• Paul Herrington (1939-2019)

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/paul-herrington

  It is with great sadness that we report the death of Paul Herrington, a member of the University’s Economics (and latterly Geography) Departments for over 40 years. Paul grew up in South London and then Essex.

• Ut vitam habeant – so that they may have life

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/centenary-celebrations-blog

  On 11 November 1918, the First World War came to an end and the following day Dr Astley Clarke wrote to the local newspaper to announce the creation of the 'Leicester University Fund', in celebration of peace and for the founding of a university college as a memorial.

• Internet Censorship

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/07/internet-censorship/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2013 Blocked on Weibo Site maintained by Jason Ng Google Policy Fellow at the University of Toronto’s  Citizen Lab  and author of  Blocked on Weibo , discusses his work...

• Friday 17th August Sol 12

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/18/friday-17th-august-sol-12/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 18, 2012 We have chosen our first long term direction for Curiosity – and it is going about 0.5 km towards the NE, to an important  junction between 3 different rock types.  The site has been named Glenelg.

• More Than Just a Map

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/more-than-just-a-map/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 This site was created by investigative journalism produced by Tactical Tech’s Exposing the Invisible project, and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.

• Between Diaspora and the 'Land of Israel': Jewish Dress, Migration and Belonging, 1880s - 1948

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/research-stories/jewish-dress-migration-and-belonging-1880s-1948

  History of Jewish Dress and migration from Central and Eastern Europe to Palestine/Israel

• The Gillette Advert: The Power of a Story

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2019/01/23/the-gillette-advert-the-power-of-a-story/

  Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on January 23, 2019   I can’t believe I’m going to write about it. That’s exactly what they want me to do.   The new Gillette Advert is fantastic.

• Workshops led by Tribe Sankofa

  https://le.ac.uk/anglophone-caribbean/outputs/tribe-sankofa-workshops

  Description of youth performing arts workshops led by Tribe Sankofa for the AHRC-funded collaborative project 'Representing Gender-Based Violence: Literature, Performance and Activism in the Anglophone Caribbean'.