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With Tommy Hilfiger’s ‘smart’ clothing range, data collection has reached dystopian levels
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/07/31/with-tommy-hilfigers-smart-clothing-range-data-collection-has-reached-dystopian-levels/
Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on July 31, 2018 In an article for The Independent, Dr Phoebe Moore discusses how ambassadors will be rewarded for walking past Tommy Jeans stores and how we are becoming a resource for surveillance and profit making The...
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Performing performativity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/09/29/performing-performativity/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on September 29, 2017 Ekaterina Svetlova, associate professor of accounting and finance at ULSB ( es285@le.ac.
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Mapping the City with Electric Paint
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2022/12/12/mapping-the-city-with-electric-paint/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on December 12, 2022 In 2019 I attended an Oral History Society networker event at the British Library and was impressed with work that the Library had done with students from the Royal College of Art School of Communication .
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Evading a flogging by the Whipping Toms
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/02/27/evading-a-flogging-by-the-whipping-toms/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on February 27, 2017 Prior to 1846, Leicester had its own very particular way of celebrating Shrove Tuesday, which precedes the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday and was therefore the occasion for an outburst of eating,...
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Women and their books
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/03/06/women-and-their-books/
Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on March 6, 2024 To mark World Book Day (7 th March) and International Women’s Day (8 th March), Archives and Special Collections is showcasing books from our holdings written by women, as well as highlighting some...
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Incunabula in Special Collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/04/10/incunabula-in-special-collections/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on April 10, 2014 For a University the size and age of Leicester the Library has a surprising rich collection of incunabula (books printed before 1501).
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Leicester Innovation Hub is 'wonderful and transformative'
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/24-innovation-hub-launch-report
Civic leaders highlight vital partnerships between University, City and County at launch of £5 million-plus Innovation Hub.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/198/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Andrew Dunn: Page 197
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/197/
Academic Librarian.
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Arts and Citizenship Workshop – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/performingcitizenship/2015/05/18/workshop-arts-and-citizenship-3-june-2015-university-of-leicester/
Posted by Maria Rovisco in Performing Citizenship on May 18, 2015 This is a public workshop and all are welcome to attend.