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  • Leicester scientist discusses one of the most exciting planetary events that well see in our lifetime

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-scientist-discusses-2018one-of-the-most-exciting-planetary-events-that-we2019ll-see-in-our-lifetime2019

    When Comet C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) passed just 140,000 kilometres from Mars on 19 October 2014, depositing a large amount of debris in the Martian atmosphere, space agencies coordinated multiple spacecraft to witness the largest meteor shower in recorded history.

  • Unruly bodies and minds in the medical museum

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/unruly-bodies-and-minds-in-the-medical-museum

    Following Mat Fraser’s astonishing and award-winning commission Cabinet of Curiosities that toured UK museums in 2015, Exceptional & Extraordinary is inviting four artists to explore behind the scenes of eight of the UK’s most renowned medical museums.

  • 20 years of the National Minimum Wage

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/08/20-years-of-the-national-minimum-wage/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 8, 2019 20 years of the National Minimum Wage – what has been the impact? On 1 April 1999  the National Minimum Wage  (NMW) was introduced in the UK – a £3.

  • Leicester graduate and astrophotographer involved in new film project

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/leicester-graduate-and-astrophotographer-involved-in-new-film-project

    BBC’s Sky at Night presenter and Leicester alumnus Pete Lawrence gives expert insight on the mysteries of the universe in a new film about time, presented by Leffe®.

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/134/

    Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

  • Are the rich getting richer?

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/26/are-the-rich-getting-richer/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2015 According to Oxfam in research timed for the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos , in 2014, the richest 1% owned 48% of global wealth.

  • The Pill 

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/03/the-pill/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2022 New online exhibition from Europeana containing images taking from Europe’s major national libraries.

  • Urban and Industrial Change in the Midlands 1700-1840

    https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/research/urban-and-industrial-change-in-the-midlands

    The University of Leicester's Leverhulme Trust Research Grant for the Urban and Industrial Change in the Midlands 1700-1840 project.

  • Leicester student mentored by ITV News Central wins Breaking Into News competition

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/leicester-student-mentored-by-itv-news-central-wins-breaking-into-news-competition

    Sally Wynter from the Department of History of Art and Film has won the 2015 Breaking Into News initiative, run by ITV News and Media Trust. She won the competition after developing a news report that showed how a local charity was tackling homelessness.

  • The Counted

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/13/the-counted/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2015 The Counted launched by the Guardian newspaper to provide the public with statistical data about people killed by the police in the USA.

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