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Are the rich getting richer?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/01/26/are-the-rich-getting-richer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 26, 2015 According to Oxfam in research timed for the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos , in 2014, the richest 1% owned 48% of global wealth.
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BFI new historic film clip site
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/31/bfi-new-historic-film-clip-site/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 31, 2011 http://beta.bfi.org.uk/ BBC/ BFI launch the beta site of historic film online archive – The Reel History of Britain.
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British Social Attitudes survey released
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/12/12/british-social-attitudes-survey-released/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 12, 2011 http://www.natcen.ac.uk/study/british-social-attitudes-28th-report Major social attitudes study released on the net by National Centre for Social Research. Conducted annually since 1983.
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2million grant gives Leicester research team a helping hand
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/ps2million-grant-gives-leicester-research-team-a-helping-hand
Joe Dias (pictured), Professor of Hand and Orthopaedic Surgery in our Department of Health Sciences, and his colleagues at Leicester’s Hospitals have been awarded a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) grant of just under...
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Mohammed Azeem
https://le.ac.uk/people/mohammed-azeem
The academic profile of Dr Mohammed Abdul Azeem, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at University of Leicester. Advanced characterization techniques.
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MNS disorders in Guyana's jails
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/mns-disorders-in-guyanas-jails
This UK-Guyana project has been funded by the ESRC’s Global Challenges Research Fund, and is directed by Principal Investigator Professor Clare Anderson. The project is a partnership between the University of Leicester, University of Guyana and the Guyana Prison Service.
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Cosmic Sociology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy2100
Module code: SY2100 Most aspects of social life and human endeavour have been subject to sociological analysis. However, one under-explored area in terms of sociological enquiry is space, space exploration and the universe.
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Religion in the Roman World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ah2041
Module code: AH2041 How did Romans conceptualise their own religion (and those of non-Romans)? How were rituals like sacrifice, augury, divination, processions and dedications carried out? How did religion overlap with politics under the Republic and...
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Money and Central Banking
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ec2051
Module code: EC2051 How do central banks control inflation? Why do small adjustments to the policy rate echo through mortgages, exchange rates and consumption and investment decisions? This module equips students with the analytical framework to understand such questions.
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Roman Religion
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ah2041
Module code: AH2041 How did Romans conceptualise their own religion (and those of non-Romans)? How were rituals like sacrifice, augury, divination, processions and dedications carried out? How did religion overlap with politics under the Republic and...