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• Kickass women of History podcast

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/28/kickass-women-of-history-podcast/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 28, 2025 A podcast which aims to share stories of inspiring women in the past.

• The Works of John Gould

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/06/01/the-works-of-john-gould/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on June 1, 2022 Guest post by Ian Swirles, Special Collections Assistant. My name is Ian and I am the Special Collections Assistant at the University of Leicester Library.

• Joe Orton: Behind the playwright

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/08/09/joe-orton-behind-the-playwright/

  Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on August 9, 2017 The 9 th August 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester born playwright Joe Orton The past few years have seen heightened interest in Joe Orton’s literary career and personal...

• Bloomberg: US film revenues

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/14/bloomberg-us-film-revenues/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 14, 2013 Superhero blockbusters such as “Man of Steel” boosted movie sales in the second quarter after U.S. cinema takings declined during the past two years.

• Partnerships

  https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/about/partnerships

  Explore some of our partnerships with external organisations, including societies and museums concerned with Victorian history, literature, science and culture.

• Centre for Hate Studies Submits Report on Anti-LGBTI Hate Crime in Poland for United Nations Review

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/lgbt

  University of Leicester's Centre for Hate Studies has published a report on anti-LGBTI hate crime in Poland.

• People

  https://le.ac.uk/humanising-space/people

  Academic Leads Dr Bleddyn Bowen, Associate Professor of International Relations, School of History, Politics and International Relations Dr Rossana Deplano, Associate Professor, Leicester Law School Members by School Here is a list of other academic staff at the...

• Fake news spreads faster than true

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/16/fake-news-spreads-faster-than-true/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2018 A team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) cross-checked the spread of 126,000 stories on Twitter against a database of stories fact-checked by six...

• ITN Productions launches citizen journalism channel

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/12/13/itn-productions-launches-citizen-journalism-channel/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/user/truthloader A new initiative to encourage citizen reporters to help shape news stories called Truthloader. See the mission statement video via YouTube.

• Study

  https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/study

  The Centre for English Local History offers postgraduate courses for study. You can join our MA in English Local and Family History, or enquire into one of the many fields of study on offer as one of our research degrees.