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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/89/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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UK Government 'Visa Brake' update
https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/applying-for-visa/visa-brake-update
The UK Government has introduced a new ‘visa brake’ that affects student visa applications made outside the UK.
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An Academic Career – the ambition of every postgraduate researcher?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2015/04/16/an-academic-career-the-ambition-of-every-postgraduate-researcher/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on April 16, 2015 So you are doing a PhD? Why? In career management terms we find that PhD researchers can be categorosed in one of four ways, in terms of their reasons for doing a PhD. These are: 1.
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Alumni working outside the legal profession
https://le.ac.uk/law/study/careers/graduate-profiles/outside-legal
Hear from multiple Leicester Law School graduates who have used their law degree from Leicester outside of the legal profession.
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Winners of Festival of Postgraduate Research 2015 announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/winners-of-festival-of-postgraduate-research-2015-announced
The winners of the Festival of Postgraduate Research 2015 have been announced. During the Festival our University gets to showcase the best of its research student talent and this year the standard of entries was very high.
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21st Century Drilling workshops
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/events/21st-century-drilling
Find details of the 21st Century Drilling workshop taking place in 2024 at the BCR and MARUM (University of Bremen), Germany
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Modern and Contemporary History BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/contemporary-history-ba/2027
At Leicester you’ll explore modern and contemporary history, and learn about the political factors that shape historical events.
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Temporary Trade Barriers Database (World Bank) updated
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/temporary-trade-barriers-database-world-bank-updated/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 This database collects information on the use of temporary trade barriers by 30 countries from the 1980s- 2024. Includes information and downloadable files on anti-dumping measures.
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Global policing Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/23/global-policing-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2024 Global Policing Database Created by researchers at the University of Queensland, this free searchable resource indexes case studies of evaluations of what works in policing tactics.
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Women and art in London
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/14/women-and-art-in-london/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 14, 2025 A project undertaken by Jeremy Smith and Charlotte Hopkins at The London Archives has revealed new information on women artists and publishers in practising in London during 1600s – 1800s.