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Where is the Best Place to Grow old?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/09/25/where-is-the-best-place-to-grow-old/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2015 Find out by consulting the Global Agewatch Index 2015 from HelpAge International which ranks 96 nations .
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AstroSeminar: How can we observe forming planets and their surroundings?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/12/astroseminar-how-can-we-observe-forming-planets-and-their-surroundings/
Posted by er198 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 January 2021 Tomorrow (13th Jan) the Wednesday seminar will be delivered by Prof. Judit Szulagyi (ETH, Zurich) at usual time (3pm). Please find below title and abstract of the talk.
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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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Only 2% of children have the critical literacy skills they need to tell if a news story is real or f
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/22/only-2-of-children-have-the-critical-literacy-skills-they-need-to-tell-if-a-news-story-is-real-or-fake/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 22, 2018 According to the final report from the Commission on Fake News and the Teaching of Critical Literacy Skills which was established by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on...
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Unique protein signatures linked to ethnicity and changes in physical activity observed in new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/diabetes-ethnicity-protein-study-leicester
A Leicester study has shed light on why people of South Asian (SA) origin may face a higher risk of cardiometabolic disorders and respond differently to physical activity compared to White European people
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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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8 years of Twitter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/11/8-years-of-twitter/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 11, 2014 To mark 8 years in existance, Twitter launched the facility to look back in time and trace your first tweet.
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Farewell to Professor Graham Wynn
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/06/22/farewell-to-professor-graham-wynn/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 22 June 2021 The School of Physics and Astronomy bids a fond farewell to Professor Graham Wynn, PVC Education and Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics.
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Diversity Session at the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/06/13/diversity-session-at-the-international-union-of-pure-and-applied-physics/
The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) is celebrating its centenary in 2022/23, and Dr. Gillian Butcher (IUPAP Vice President at Large) if organising a session on diversity.
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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.