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Right to education: global database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/07/right-to-education-global-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2014 Right to education global database New from UNESCO a gateway to information on legal and civil rights relating to education worldwide.
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How to improve social mobility in higher education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/how-to-improve-social-mobility-in-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 The report published this week by an advisory group of Universities UK has recommendations which include improving advice given to students and enhancing school/university collaborations.
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New Economics Foundation
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/23/new-economics-foundation/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2012 http://neweconomics.org/ Aims to improve quality of life by promoting innovative solutions that challenge mainstream thinking on economic, environmental and social issues.
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Research reveals earliest evidence yet of huge hippos in Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/hippo-fossil
Neil Adams, PhD researcher in the Centre for Palaeobiology Research at the University of Leicester and Earth Collections Project Officer at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, said: “It was very exciting to come across a hippo tooth during our recent excavations...
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Love Island star Dr Alex George urges Leicester students to seek early mental health support
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/alex-george-post-event
Dr Alex George visits Leicester University
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Research course and university options
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/parents/options
Understanding what your child wants to achieve in their future is a great place to start when researching the next steps. Some may have a clear direction ahead of them; however some may need assistance narrowing it down.
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Student Sophie on a mission to promote heart health after the loss of her dad
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/defib
A student who found her father lying dead on the driveway is behind a raft of measures to raise awareness of heart-related deaths at her university.
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Engineer creates open-source ventilator for COVID-19 patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/ventilator
A University of Leicester-based engineer has created an innovative new ventilator designed to help COVID-19 patients.
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University of Leicester reveals rarely seen photo of Sir David Attenborough to mark his 100th birthday
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/university-leicester-rare-photo-sir-david-attenborough-100th-birthday
The University of Leicester has revealed a rarely seen photograph of Sir David Attenborough in his student days, ahead of the national treasure’s 100th birthday.
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acarajé diaries day 5 – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/06/29/acaraje-diaries-day-5/
Project co-investigator Ana Martins describes her experiences researching acarajé in Bahia, Brazil.