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Obesity ‘accelerates’ COVID-19 mortality risk amongst ethnic minorities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/covid-19-obesity
A stronger association exists between deaths from COVID-19 and obesity in people of Black, South Asian and other ethnic minority groups than in White people, latest research published in the journal Nature Communications demonstrates.
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Migrant Files
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/18/migrant-files/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2016 An award winning data journalism website coordinated by Journalism ++ with input from 15 nations.
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Where is the riskiest place to live?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/where-is-the-riskiest-place-to-live/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 Download the latest world ranking from United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security. It considers risk from extreme natural events and ranks 117 nations.
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Evelyn Waugh and His Circle: Reading and Editing the Complete Works
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/05/27/evelyn-waugh-and-his-circle-reading-and-editing-the-complete-works/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on May 27, 2014 As many of you might know already, in 2015 we are planning a glitzy international Evelyn Waugh conference here in Leicester. Richard III is SO 2013.
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Cities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/07/02/cities-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 2, 2014 Cities of Opportunity Interesting new report on urban demographics from PriceWaterHouse Cooper. Covers 30 major cities worldwide.
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Urban Conservation MA, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/urban-conservation-ma-dl/2026
Study Urban Conservation MA, by distance learning 2 years part-time at the University of Leicester
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Urban Conservation MA, by distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/courses/urban-conservation-ma-dl/2025
Study Urban Conservation MA, by distance learning 2 years part-time at the University of Leicester
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AI-powered research tackles healthcare inequality for people with learning disabilities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/midland-report-ai-health-outcomes
A new report by the Academy of Social Sciences has showcased research by the University of Leicester and led by Loughborough University on using artificial intelligence to tackle healthcare inequality.
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National Archives: Olympic record
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/21/national-archives-olympic-record/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 21, 2012 http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/olympics/ A specialist section of pages created by the National archives to highlight their Olympic and Paralympic games holdings.
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Fiendish Friday Quiz #5
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/05/12/fiendish-friday-quiz-5/
A fifth Evelyn Waugh quiz, taken From the Evelyn Waugh Newsletter Vol. 24 No. 1