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Leicester Vice-Chancellor responds to Sutton Trust’s Elitist Britain report
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/leicester-vice-chancellor-sutton-trust-elitist-britain-report
A report published this week explored the educational backgrounds of leading figures across the world of politics, media, business, charity, sport, creative and public sectors.
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Leicester student mentored by ITV News Central wins Breaking Into News competition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/leicester-student-mentored-by-itv-news-central-wins-breaking-into-news-competition
Sally Wynter from the Department of History of Art and Film has won the 2015 Breaking Into News initiative, run by ITV News and Media Trust. She won the competition after developing a news report that showed how a local charity was tackling homelessness.
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A ‘roar-some’ milestone: University of Leicester’s T. rex turns ten
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/26-university-of-leicesters-t-rex-turns-ten
The formidable replica of one of history’s most fearsome predators was unveiled ten years ago on 29 October
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Oral history: Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/06/24/oral-history-womens-international-league-for-peace-and-freedom/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2022 Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Oral Histories is part of the ‘These Dangerous Women’ community heritage project.
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African American Members of the U.S.Congress, 1870-2020
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/11/african-american-members-of-the-u-s-congress-1870-2020/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 11, 2021 The latest Congressional research service report now has updated data. It incudes total numbers, data on each congress and party affiliations.
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March Book Group: Put Out More Flags – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/04/23/put-out-more-flags/
Posted by Rebecca Moore in Waugh and Words on April 23, 2015 The following is a guest post kindly supplied by Ben Doty.
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The impact of online misinformation on U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/05/04/the-impact-of-online-misinformation-on-u-s-covid-19-vaccinations/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2021 Paper from arxiv with the following findings: consistently, negative opinions toward vaccines are correlated with misinformation.
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Eight Weeks with Ghost Signs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/09/04/eight-weeks-with-ghost-signs/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library and Learning Services on September 4, 2024 by Grace McWeeney As part of a Museum Studies 8-week work placement program, I worked with the Ghost Signs Collection at the University of Leicester. These are a few things I learned along the way.
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Outstanding teaching and collaboration at Leicester recognised with higher education’s most prestigious awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/national-teaching-fellowships-collaborative-award-teaching-excellence
Two University of Leicester academics receive National Teaching Fellowships while student-staff initiative MedRACE (Raising Awareness, Celebrating Excellence) also receives Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence
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Network launched to help Canada’s cultural sector navigate the digital world
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/canada-culture-observatory
Canada’s cultural sector is being given a helping hand to adapt to a digital world following the establishment of an expert research network, overseen by the UK’s University of Leicester.