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University of Leicester is =26th in the world for research quality in latest global ranking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/26th-research-quality-global-ranking-times-higher-education
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 place Leicester =26th for research quality and positions Leicester 192nd overall out of 2191 institutions
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When did mindfulness become a thing?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2017/11/29/when-did-mindfulness-become-a-thing/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on November 29, 2017 “The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it is called the present.
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Grant Thornton Health and Wellbeing Index.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/16/grant-thornton-health-and-wellbeing-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2015 Released this week a major new report which considers a local place based approach for improving health and wellbeing.
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Leicester Cultural Quarter’s post-industrial past to be explored
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2014/02/07/leicester-cultural-quarters-post-industrial-past-to-be-explored/
Posted by Julie Coleman in School of English Blog on February 7, 2014 Talented writers will be able to tell the untold stories of the post-industrial past of Leicester’s Cultural Quarter, thanks to a new project from the School of English.
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Know your audience
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/11/09/know-your-audience/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on November 9, 2016 So often I see PGRs in consultations who are struggling to make the step from application to interview or the step from interview to job.
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Many access news on smartphones
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/20/many-access-news-on-smartphones/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2016 According to a number of recent research studies many people are now using their smartphones. A report from the Knight Foundation recently found that , 89% of the U.S.
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Honorary Professor to deliver prestigious Harveian Oration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/harveian-oration-feehally-leicester-professor
John Feehally, Honorary Professor of Renal Medicine at the University of Leicester, will deliver the prestigious 2025 Harveian Oration later this month.
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/country-reports-on-terrorism-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 Just released by the US state Department, these annual reports have regional and country reports as well as essays reviewing global trends, terrorism safe havens and terrorist organisations.
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Stopping hate crime online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/29/stopping-hate-crime-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 29, 2017 The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) published new public statements on how it will prosecute hate crime and support victims in England and Wales.
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What are children worried about?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/04/what-are-children-worried-about/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 4, 2017 The latest annual Good Childhood report from the Children’s Society measures children’s subject well-being and happiness.