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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.

• Widening Participation programme puts aspiring law students in the dock

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/widening-participation-programme-puts-aspiring-law-students-in-the-dock

  Aspiring law students from non-privileged backgrounds were given the opportunity to view the inner workings of the legal system last week, thanks to a programme run by the University of Leicester and the Sutton Trust.

• Treatment for frail heart patients improves survival rates

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/revascularisation

  A new study, led by the University of Leicester, shows that heart patients treated with revascularisation have better survival rates, even with a high risk of frailty.

• The Zuckerberg Files

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/04/the-zuckerberg-files/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 4, 2019 Not new but recently upgraded, time to revisit The Zuckerberg Files  maintained by UW-Milwaukee Center for Information Policy Research .

• Street protests and their repression

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/street-protests-and-their-repression/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations released a report: Take back the streets about the repression of street protests worldwide. Countries covered include: U.S., U.K.

• Bloomberg: Economic surprises

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/28/bloomberg-economic-surprises/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 28, 2013 The September U.S. non-farm payrolls report released on Oct. 22 surprised economists with only 148,000 jobs created, versus the consensus forecast of 180,000.

• Bloomberg: Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance/Corporate Social Reponsibility

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/17/bloomberg-environmental-social-and-corporate-governancecorporate-social-reponsibility/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2013 ESG (or CSR) has been topical over the last five years.

• Poverty is sexist

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/11/poverty-is-sexist/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 11, 2016 ONE launched the report Poverty is Sexist a rguing that poverty and gender inequality go hand-in-hand.

• Is your press free?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/08/is-your-press-free/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2017 Check the 2017 ranking from Reporters without Borders.   Since 2002 it has been rating level of freedom available to journalists in over 180 nations worldwide.

• Master of Engineering Management MEM

  https://le.ac.uk/courses/master-of-engineering-management-mem/2025

  The engineering challenges of the future are massive. And we need exceptional people to lead the way. This Masters in engineering management fuses your existing technical knowledge with practical business and leadership skills.