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How much does it cost to raise a child in the UK?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/08/24/how-much-does-it-cost-to-raise-a-child-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 24, 2018 The latest report from the Child Poverty |Action group gives the figures for raising a child to age 18, based on what the public thinks is a minimum standard of living.
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‘Removing womens’ inequality would add $12 trillion to global growth’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/30/removing-womens-inequality-would-add-12-trillion-to-global-growth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2016 …according to the latest report from Mckinsey. It estimates that gender inequality has vast economic costs.
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Free access to Congressional Research reports
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/02/free-access-to-congressional-research-reports/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 2, 2016 EveryCRSReport.com provides free access to over 8,000 reports from the Congressional Research Service.
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Hollywood star and music hitmaker join forces to launch University of Leicester’s £100m philanthropic campaign
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/february/hollywood-star-music-hitmaker-university-leicester-philanthropic-campaign
Stars of Hollywood and popular music have backed a major philanthropy campaign from the University of Leicester.
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What can we expect from the 2024 general election?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/election
Professor Paul Baines, political marketing expert from the University of Leicester, gives his take on the upcoming general election.
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Outstanding alumni celebrated at University of Leicester awards dinner
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/outstanding-alumni-awards-dinner
University of Leicester’s annual Alumni Awards Dinner held at the iconic National Space Centre in Leicester on 14 May, where generations of former students gathered to celebrate successes, including seven award winners
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AstRoSoc Success in the UKSEDS Satellite Design Competition – Mind Rover Matter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/17/astrosoc-success-in-the-ukseds-satellite-design-competition-mind-rover-matter/
Congratulations to the Mind-Rover-Matter team for their success in the UKSEDs Satellite Design Competition with their satellite S.P.A.R.K.L.E.S., achieving 4th place in the competition.
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Excitement builds for launch of James Webb Space Telescope
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/jwst-launch
Space scientists from across the globe are counting down to the launch of the most advanced observatory ever built.
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Project activities
https://le.ac.uk/crossing-boundaries/project-activities
Learn about the project activities involved and learn more about the collaboration.
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About the project
https://le.ac.uk/grassroutes/about
Grassroutes supports the efforts of independent publishers and literature development agencies to inspire public engagement with the diverse writing cultures of multi-racial Britain.