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• Urban Gems/Happiness

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/28/urban-gemshappiness/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 28, 2012 http://urbangems.org/   A new academic project that aims to crowd source what citizens like about cities and what makes them happy.

• How can you measure happiness?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/20/how-can-you-measure-happiness/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 20, 2019 The  OECD has discussed methodology  (in terms of OECD nations) in a number of its reports.

• Leicester scientists investigate link between air pollution and type 2 diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/leicester-scientists-investigate-link-between-air-pollution-and-type-2-diabetes

  An interdisciplinary team of scientists from our University and other institutions has played a pivotal role in research investigating a possible link between air pollution and the rise in type 2 diabetes.

• Unique exceptionally preserved fossil named in honour of Sir David Attenborough

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/unique-2018exceptionally-preserved2019-fossil-named-in-honour-of-sir-david-attenborough

  An international team of scientists led by our University has discovered a new 430 million-year-old fossil and has named it in honour of Sir David Attenborough – who grew up on the University campus.

• What is saffron

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/what-is-saffron

  Did you know that you need to collect about 200,000 flowers to produce just one kilo of saffron? The labour needed to produce it is just one of the many reasons that make the spice the world's most expensive agricultural product.

• Congressional Directories Back to the 1800s digitised

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/09/29/congressional-directories-back-to-the-1800s-digitised/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 29, 2023 The US Government Publishing Office (GPO) has aigitized all Congressional Directories back to the 1800s.

• New study exposes causes behind criminal case backlogs in England and Wales 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/police-crime-cps-england-wales-criminal-case-backlog

  A University of Leicester-led study has unearthed critical factors delaying the progression of criminal cases from police investigations to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for charging decisions in England and Wales.

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• Lauren Bartlett

  https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/council/membership/lauren-bartlett

  Lauren Bartlett is a strategic marketing and communications leader with over 15 years of experience growing brands, profits, and teams globally. Lauren currently leads marketing and communications in UK and Europe for New Zealand Trade & Enterprise.

• Catherine Sargent - International exhibitions with the V&A

  https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/catherine-sargent

  Museum Studies graduate Catherine Sargent talks about life and her career after getting her degree from the University of Leicester.