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Space City welcomes MP to discuss UK in space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/space-city-welcomes-mp
Stephen Doughty MP, Minister for Europe and North America, joined a roundtable discussion at Space Park Leicester
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Methods in Applied Health Research CPD
https://le.ac.uk/courses/cpd-quantitative-and-qualitative-research-methods/2025
This is for you if... you want to increase your understanding of how research contributes to health care and the range of methods used.
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Europe’s security at risk unless its leaders learn lessons of Russia-Ukraine war, expert warns
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/europe-security-risk-leaders-learn-lessons-russia-ukraine-war
An expert in the Russia-Ukraine war has warned Europe’s leaders to heed the lessons of the conflict or risk war spreading across the continent.
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The returns to undergraduate degrees by socio-economic group and ethnicity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/29/the-returns-to-undergraduate-degrees-by-socio-economic-group-and-ethnicity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2021 Published this week by IFS this report considers evidence on the potential benefits of a degree by studying earnings of recent graduates in a range of subject areas.
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It’s nice to be important, but is it really more important to be nice?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/02/07/its-nice-to-be-important-but-is-it-really-more-important-to-be-nice/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on February 7, 2018 The late British entertainer Bruce Forsyth had amongst his several catch phrases “it’s nice to be important but it is more important to be nice”.
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The Adventures of Charles Letagne – A Salutary Tale of Ethical Responsibility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2020/08/13/the-adventures-of-charles-letagne-a-salutary-tale-of-ethical-responsibility/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on August 13, 2020 A former colleague, who I worked with in an academic context, derived great amusement from referring to a paper by the (imaginary) academic Charles Letagne.
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Paris attacks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/paris-attacks/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 News reports Two useful sites which aggregate reports from other sources 24/7 News Now covers more than 40,000 sources. Country indicated by national flag next to the headline.
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‘Women still under-represented in UK HE management positions’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/women-still-under-represented-in-uk-he-management-positions/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 The latest report from the non profit organisation Women Count indexes the representation of women as governors, Chairs and Vice-Chancellors in each of the 166 HEIs in the UK that...
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Events in Leicester this October 2017 for Black History Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/04/events-in-leicester-this-october-2017-for-black-history-month/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2017 Phoenix Square marks Black History Month with a series of films programmed by local arts organisation Serendipity, in partnership with the University of Leicester, a one-off...
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International empathic healthcare network expands
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/empathy-network-international-leicester
A pioneering international network dedicated to championing the use of empathy in healthcare consultations to improve outcomes for patients and clinicians has expanded its reach.