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Principled Aid Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/29/principled-aid-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2019 Launched in March by the Overseas development index , this index ranks bilateral Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors by the extent to which they give aid to countries...
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A Chimera?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2020/06/03/a-chimera/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on June 3, 2020 So the lockdown is being lifted piece by piece. Different pace in different countries, even different pace in different countries within the UK.
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What does Boris owe?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/what-does-boris-owe/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 This site has been created by Remain activist Sarah Noble: Associated with Vote Leave Watch It seeks to hold Leave campaigners accountable.
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Grant Bourhill to take new role
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/grant-bourhill
Grant Bourhill, Chief Executive Officer at Leicester Science Parks is to take up a new role as Managing Director for Surrey Research Park.
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A’ level results, HE and social mobility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/18/a-level-results-he-and-social-mobility/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 18, 2017 How do this year’s A’ level results compare? For official statistics see the Department of Education official data. from 2003 onwards.
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Leicester leads major breakthrough in asbestos linked cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/confirm
A University of Leicester led team has made a major breakthrough in treating mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer linked to breathing in asbestos, which could help add years to patients’ lives.
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What do grasshoppers eat? It’s not just grass! New Leicester research shows similarities with mammal teeth like never before
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/grasshopper-mandibles
But analysis of the ecological importance of grasshoppers is not straightforward, and finding out what they eat requires detailed study of the contents of their guts or painstaking and time-consuming observations of how they feed in the wild. There is, however, a better way.
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Study
https://le.ac.uk/cls/study
The College of Life Sciences offers a wide range of courses for undergraduates and postgraduates, alongside our outstanding research departments and centres.
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Economics professor discusses research into what makes people vote in elections
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/economics-professor-discusses-research-into-what-makes-people-vote-in-elections
Professor Eyal Winter from the School of Business has been featured in a ScienceNews article discussing how voter turnout increases when polling numbers are close. Research conducted by Professor Winter and colleagues in 2006 looked at U.S. gubernatorial races from 1990 to 2005.
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Voice in Space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/voice-in-space
The voice of renowned physicist and Leicester honorary graduate Stephen Hawking, who died earlier this year, was beamed into space today, following a memorial service held at Westminster Abbey in London.