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May 2026
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/almanac/may
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Authorised absences
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/engagement-monitoring/authorised-absences
The University recognises that a student may require a short absence from their studies depending on their personal circumstances. It’s really important that you talk to your school administrative team or your personal tutor about requesting time away from your studies.
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Areas of research
https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/material-worlds-past-present/areas-of-research
Browse our research projects to get an idea of what our interests and specialities are in the Centre for for Material Worlds Past and Present at the University of Leicester.
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Impact of COVID on elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/10/impact-of-covid-on-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2021 Briefing on how coronavirus has affected UK elections , from the House of Commons Library Posted in Politics | Tagged COVID-19 , Democracy , Elections , Politics , United Kingdom Share...
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Kit de Waal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/19/kit-de-waal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2022 Our own writer in residence reads her autobiography Without Warning and Only Sometimes Listen on BBC Radio 4 or Box of Broadcasts . Available in the UK only.
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Google tracks your movements even when you tell it not to
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/24/google-tracks-your-movements-even-when-you-tell-it-not-to/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 24, 2018 Associated Press investigative report with worrying findings released this week.
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Google and Facebook and tracking.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/04/27/google-and-facebook-and-tracking/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2020 A useful article with links to GPS data sources: How Facebook and Google Track Public’s Movement in Effort to Fight COVID-19 Posted in Media and Communication | Tagged Crisis...
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Black graduates
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/10/12/black-graduates/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 12, 2020 A HESA report which concludes that black graduates are less satisfied with their career than white graduates can be accessed from the HESA website .
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LGBTQ Video Game Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/07/13/lgbtq-video-game-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2021 LGBTQ Video Game Archive: https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/ Catalogue of LGBTQ video games since the 1980s. Of relevance to creative computing.
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Benjamin Zephaniah
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/07/benjamin-zephaniah/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 7, 2023 Sadly, Benjamin Zephaniah has passed away at the age of 65. We have many of his books in the library collection.