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Women’s Resilience to Disasters (WRD) Knowledge Hub
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/03/22/womens-resilience-to-disasters-wrd-knowledge-hub/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2022 Launched by UN Women in partnership with the Australian Governmen t this new site aims to spotlight research and resources relating to gender-responsive disaster risk...
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The Right to be Heard Framework: A learning companion
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/18/the-right-to-be-heard-framework-a-learning-companion/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 18, 2012 An online guide from Oxfam intended for development workers. The right to be heard framework aims to help poor people be heard by politicians.
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PingER – how bad is the Internet in Africa?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/08/pinger-how-bad-is-the-internet-in-africa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2013 The PingER (Ping End-to-end Reporting) Internet End-to-end Performance Measurement (IEPM) project monitors performance of Internet links from over 700 sites in 160 nations.
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School of English Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 4
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/page/4/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Leicester research aims to tackle overheating in children’s hospital wards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/leicester-research-overheating-childrens-hospital-wards
The University of Leicester is part of a study which aims to reduce the health risks posed by children’s hospital wards heating up due to climate change.
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“Richard III is a good conversation opener…”
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/sarah-hainsworth
Professor Sarah Hainsworth OBE, looks back at the most thrilling chapter of her career.
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Large-scale study suggests under 45s and women more likely to gain weight and jump a BMI category during COVID-19 lockdown
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/covid-bmi
A large-scale study of almost a million UK adults led by Leicester researchers has revealed that under 45s and women were more likely to gain weight and jump a body mass index (BMI) category during COVID-19 lockdown.
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Sky at Night scientist is unveiled as next University of Leicester Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/margaret-aderin
Space scientist and presenter of the BBC’s The Sky at Night, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, is to be installed as the new Chancellor of the University of Leicester.
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Network Participants
https://le.ac.uk/crime-representation-anglophone-caribbean/network-participants
Meet the team involved in this exciting international research network brought together to develop our understanding of the historical, cultural, political and socioeconomic contexts of crime in the Caribbean.
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International day marks the issues behind avoidable deaths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/avoidable-deaths-network-international-awareness-day
The third instalment of an annual global day of awareness of the issues around avoidable deaths takes place this week.