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• ‘Women who become mothers before 33 earn 15% less’…

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/18/women-who-become-mothers-before-33-earn-15-less/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2016 …than other UK women who do not become mothers according to a report released by the TUC. Statistics are based on  IPPR  research.

• Is there a gender pay gap?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/is-there-a-gender-pay-gap/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 The latest report from the Resolution Foundation notes a reduction for women in their 20s but notes that over the career lifespan this widens.

• Fair Game? A Reviewers Tale

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/02/11/fair-game-a-reviewers-tale/

  Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on February 11, 2017   Emeritus Professor Peter Armstrong (p.armstrong@le.ac.uk) discusses an episode in the journal reviewing process that led him to believe that power and politics play their part too.

• Resources

  https://le.ac.uk/evelyn-waugh/resources

  Explore online resources on Evelyn Waugh. The University of Leicester has collated online collections, archived catalogues and the best Waugh websites around. Discover more about Waugh.

• Vile Bodies: The photograph! The painting! The half-finished book!

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/04/14/duncanm/

  A biographical article by Duncan McClaren on Waugh's first marriage and the writing of Vile Bodies.

• The 3Rs

  https://le.ac.uk/dbs/animal-welfare/the-3rs

  The 3Rs (replacement, refinement, reduction) are guiding principals for animal research used all around the world.

• Centenary tree planting helps Borough’s competition chances to bloom

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/botanic-bloom

  Dr Richard Gornall, Director of the Botanic Garden & Curator of the Herbarium at the University of Leicester, said: “We are thankful to the borough of Wigston and Oadby for its donation to the garden which marks the centenary of the University of Leicester.

• BBC handbook online

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/26/bbc-handbook-online/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2021 The BBC Hand Book was first issued in 1928 and published until 1987 when it became annual reports.

• Women and low pay

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/22/women-and-low-pay/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 22, 2014 A number of reports have revealed a gender disparity in pay rates.

• Caring for our Special Collections

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/08/06/caring-for-our-special-collections/

  Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on August 6, 2015 Visitors to Special Collections often ask how we preserve the rare books, manuscripts and archives in our collection. Much of what we do could be described as preventative care.