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Prison Reform
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/prison-reform/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 This week the RSA published an interesting scoping paper on the future prison . Browse their website to see other examples discussing the role and future reform of prisons.
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On the theme of voting…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/06/on-the-theme-of-voting/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2016 Vote for Froglet (Clangers 1974) voting film where the dragon campaigns for free soup for all! – free via the great BFI player website which is digitising and offering free to the public...
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Is going to University worth it?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/16/is-going-to-university-worth-it/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 16, 2017 Released this week experimental statistics on employment and earnings of higher education graduates 5 years after graduation.
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What does Warren Buffet think?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/18/what-does-warren-buffet-think/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 18, 2018 Find out in this free online video library released by CNBC . T he Warren Buffett Archive is an enormous online collection covering business, investing, money and lessons in life.
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Countries at the Crossroads 2011
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/11/countries-at-the-crossroads-2011/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2011 http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=702 Access the full text of this report from Freedom House.
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Can social media predict election results?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/05/26/can-social-media-predict-election-results/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 26, 2015 A recent SSRN paper from Cardiff University developed a model using Twitter and considers how it could be applied to the UK 2015 general election.
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Distrust of Employer’s Responses to COVID-19 Could Increase Both Presenteeism and Absenteeism in UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2020/05/20/distrust-of-employers-responses-to-covid-19-could-increase-both-presenteeism-and-absenteeism-in-uk-workplaces/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on May 20, 2020 People’s trust in their employer’s response to COVID-19 will shape their attitudes to returning to the workplace, Professor Stephen Wood writes.
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Clare Anderson: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/author/clare_anderson/page/3/
I am a professor of history, with interests in colonialism and colonial societies across the British Empire. I am especially interested in the history of confinement.
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Carceral Archipelago: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 8
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/page/8/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Graduate actor interviewed in Esquire magazine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/graduate-actor-interviewed-in-esquire-magazine
Leicester graduate Will Tudor, who has roles in the popular TV shows Game of Thrones and Humans, has been interviewed by Esquire magazine. Will graduated from the University in 2008 with a BA in English.