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Feminism
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/03/feminism/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2014 The Fawcett Society launch new blog: Feminist Matters It will cover a range of topics from a feminist perspective.
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The Anti-Corruption Summit
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/13/the-anti-corruption-summit/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 13, 2016 The Anti-Corruption Summit has taken place in London. The UK government website contains the proposals for international reform.
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University of Leicester supports Government pledge to end victim NDA use
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/end-victim-nda
The University of Leicester has supported a call to action from the Department of Education, by signing a pledge to end the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) when dealing with student and staff complaints of sexual misconduct, bullying and other unacceptable behaviour.
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Physics students calculate how to take the perfect set piece
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/back-of-the-net-physics-students-calculate-how-to-take-the-perfect-set-piece
To mark World Maths Day, The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair is showcasing how relevant maths is by giving it real life application in advance of the resumption of Premier League fixtures, including the Champions’ trip to Chelsea (today).
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New strategic partnership to explore four-dimensional first order controls on nickel mineral systems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/bhp-ev-metals
The project and partnership with BHP has developed directly from recent work by the Leicester-UWA group that has shed new light on the processes involved in the sources and transport mechanisms of metals through the lithosphere in magmatic systems, published in Nature...
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From English sparkling wine to digital protests in China
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/from-english-sparkling-wine-to-digital-protests-in-china
In the latest in a series of opinion pieces Drs Sarah Robinson and Elke Weik from the School of Management have written an article for the Management is Too Important Not to Debate blog discussing what makes English sparkling wine so special.
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Genes for learning and memory are 650 million years old, study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/big-bang
A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression and other complex behaviours originated around 650 million years ago.
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Former Universities Minister David Willetts to give public lecture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/former-universities-minister-david-willetts-to-give-public-lecture
This Thursday (11 June), we are giving you the chance to hear the man who has shaped higher education policy for the past four years talk about the future of UK science and innovation. The Rt Hon.
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Jim Roberts
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/jim-roberts
A Life Lived Well: Jim Roberts (1947-2023) Professor Suzanne MacLeod writes: James (Jim) Roberts was born into a working class-family in Liverpool in 1947.
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Documentary highlights how humans created an artificial planet Earth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/documentary-highlights-how-humans-created-an-2018artificial2019-planet-earth
The impact humans have had on planet Earth and how we have created an ‘artificial' planet will be explored in a new documentary by an award-winning journalist featuring Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from the Department of Geology.