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Female UK legal trailblazer congratulates Leicester law students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/women-in-law
A trailblazing senior legal figure has sent her congratulations to University of Leicester students for setting up a Women in Law Society.
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Red squirrel and human leprosy link found at English medieval archaeological site
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/squirrel
New evidence from medieval archaeological sites shows that English red squirrels once served as an important host for Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) strains also responsible for leprosy in humans.
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Student success in Green Gown Awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/14-green-gown-awards
Hannah Sellers, a Biological Science graduate working with our Social Impact Team, has won a Green Gown Award for her contribution to biodiversity.
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Supporting student wellbeing at the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/supporting-student-wellbeing
Plans to support students’ mental health and wellbeing, ensuring that all students, whether they are self-isolating or not, have the support they need on and off campus at the University of Leicester.
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity
https://le.ac.uk/physics/about/equality-and-diversity
The School of Physics and Astronomy is committed to providing a culture of equality and diversity and ensuring a working environment which is welcoming and inclusive to all.
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Rachel Bennett
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/author/rb346/
Rachel Bennett is currently in the final year of her PhD which has been conducted as part of the Wellcome Trust funded project, Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse.
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New resources on women’s suffrage
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/14/new-resources-on-womens-suffrage/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 14, 2018 A new teaching resource Endell Street – Women’s Military Hospital Project , focuses on the changing role of women from the 1900s to 1920, with a particular emphasis on women’s...
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Women and girls in the pandemic
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/22/women-and-girls-in-the-pandemic/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2021 The Report on the UN Women Global Response to COVID-19 covers global, national and regional responses and includes information on social protection, economic protection and...
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It’s nice to be important, but is it really more important to be nice?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/02/07/its-nice-to-be-important-but-is-it-really-more-important-to-be-nice/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on February 7, 2018 The late British entertainer Bruce Forsyth had amongst his several catch phrases “it’s nice to be important but it is more important to be nice”.
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Thomas Piketty and Capital in the Twenty-First Century
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/09/thomas-piketty-and-capital-in-the-twenty-first-century/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 9, 2015 The author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013) was in the news over xmas as he rejected an honour from the French government, Here are some free resources which will...