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UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad: 'The Struggle of Yazidis against IS'
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/un-goodwill-ambassador-nadia-murad
Summary of a talk to staff, students and public by Nadia Murad, who escaped from ISIS, given on 26 November 2016
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Leicester expert to attend Nobel Peace Prize Forum as nuclear war threat intensifies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/nuclear
An expert in global nuclear politics from the University of Leicester has raised concerns about the decline of world security amid tensions between the West and Russia – but has some words of optimism for the future.
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£1.2 million funding to investigate mental health legacy of colonialism in Guyana’s jails
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/15-mental-health-legacy-of-colonialism-in-guyanas-jails
Funding for University of Leicester project announced under the ESRC-AHRC GCRF Mental Health 2017 Call
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Ukrainian History Unearthed in East Midlands Oral History Archive’s Polish Collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2025/09/03/ukrainian-history-unearthed-in-east-midlands-oral-history-archives-polish-collection/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on September 3, 2025 By Iona Kerstin Volynets September 05, 2025 Content warning: This article includes mentions of massacres, war, labour camps, death, and illness.
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Library Charter and regulations
https://le.ac.uk/library/about/policies/library-regulations
Regulations for the equitable use and access to library collections and services, maintenance of the study environment and acceptable behaviour guidance
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Acting the Academic
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/05/12/acting-the-academic/
Posted by Angus Cameron in School of Business Blog on May 12, 2015 Deputy Head of School, Angus Cameron , reflects upon one of the stranger tasks he has been asked to perform: being a central character in a murder mystery novel.
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Convicts and other (“free” and “unfree”) workers. Views from the First ELHN Conference
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/12/19/convicts-and-other-free-and-unfree-workers-views-from-the-first-elhn-conference/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on December 19, 2015 How can we frame convict labour in the broader context of entangled labour relations? This is one of the key-questions in the Carceral Archipelago project, which seeks to understand how (especially...
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Censoring Academics works well for Publishers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/06/18/censoring-academics-works-well-for-publishers/
Posted by Ken Weir in School of Business Blog on June 18, 2014 Kenneth Weir, Lecturer in Accountancy at the School, examines the popularity of a controversial article which he, David Harvie, Geoff Lightfoot and Simon Lilley , recently published (about publishing) In 2012, the...
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Unwarranted research claims in educational research: reflections for ‘learning outcomes’ – Universit
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/05/15/warrantres/
The 'Learning Outcomes Project' at the University of Leicester. Unwarranted research claims in educational research: reflections for 'learning outcomes'.
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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/200/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester