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• Sites for Pride Month

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/28/sites-for-pride-month/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 28, 2021 Europeana LGBT Plus  now has  a page of great historic LGBT resources  from Europe’s national and libraries and museums.

• University of Leicester receives VIP visit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-of-leicester-receives-vip-visit

  Our University has today welcomed a VIP from the United States of America. It is a common misconception that ‘VIP’ always stands for Very Important Person. Actually, sometimes it stands for Very Important Per.

• Study spaces

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/accommodation/life-in-halls/study-spaces

  You don't have to go to campus to study, but you don't have to stay in your room either. There are social study spaces and common rooms in each hall, as well as a couple of dedicated spaces in The Village.

• The characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/the-characteristics-of-successful-entrepreneurs/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 A recent report by the Centre for Policy Studies revealed the backgrounds of over of 1,000 high earning individuals.

• Penny Bloods on display in the Library

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/05/09/penny-bloods-on-display-in-the-library/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on May 9, 2014 Penny Bloods, popular from the 1840s to the 1860s, were so named because of their preoccupation with the gory and sensational.

• Joe Orton exhibition runs until 31 August 2014

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/07/14/joe-orton-exhibition-runs-until-31-august-2014/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on July 14, 2014 Our current exhibition in the Library, ‘Joe Orton in 1964’, which runs until 31 August 2014, commemorates the 50th anniversary of Orton’s first major success, Entertaining Mr Sloane .

• The Great British Bake-Off, but not as we know it!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/08/12/the-great-british-bake-off-but-not-as-we-know-it/

  Posted by csampson in Library Special Collections on August 12, 2016   If rumour proves to be correct, the seventh series of the Great British Bake Off is due to appear on our screens towards the end of August.

• Our current exhibition ‘Joe Orton in 1964’

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/06/03/our-current-exhibition-joe-orton-in-1964/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on June 3, 2014 When Joe Orton’s play Entertaining Mr Sloane was performed in the West End in 1964, it provoked both virulent criticism and glowing praise – he enjoyed both in equal measure.    The critic W.

• Library Internship

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/02/20/internship/

  Posted by Ceri Ashwell in Library Special Collections on February 20, 2014 From the majority of people I’ve spoken to it seems that few expected to work in academic libraries after leaving university.  And the same goes for me.

• Digging Out the Past – the legacy of Alan McWhirr

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2019/06/13/digging-out-the-past-the-legacy-of-alan-mcwhirr/

  Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on June 13, 2019 Alan McWhirr in a field. The first collection we have finished digitising for the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage (UOSH) project is a monthly radio series about archaeology, Digging Out the Past.