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Field trips
https://le.ac.uk/geography/study/undergraduate/field-trips
Fieldwork is integral to any Geography degree. In the field you'll develop new skills and apply learning from the classroom to real-world problems.
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Student midwives add to support for Leicester families
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/antenatal-classes
A student-led project to support expectant Leicester mothers has been given a funding boost in celebration of International Day of the Midwife.
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Does being a woman academic hold you back?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/06/10/does-being-a-woman-academic-hold-you-back/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2019 Find out by downloading a new research study published by staff from Cardiff University this week.
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Gender, race and money in politics database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/12/gender-race-and-money-in-politics-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 12, 2019 The Center for Responsive Politics has just released a new database which enables researchers to explore the interaction between gender and race in US campaign funding.
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Dan Bishop
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/author/db137/
Dan Bishop is a lecturer in employment studies at the University of Leicester School of Management
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Reith Lectures 2012: Arab Spring
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/07/20/reith-lectures-2012-arab-spring/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 20, 2012 Keynote annual lecture series sponsored by the BBC.
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Revolutionary new treatment set to transform lives of severe asthma sufferers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/asthma
The future for people suffering from severe asthma is looking bright after a Leicester-based research team confirm the benefits of a revolutionary medicine, which has been recently approved for use in the UK
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Crisis and Disaster Risk Management
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/crisis-and-disaster-risk-management
Selected publications 2025 Bryce, C. , Dowling, M., Long, S. & Wardman, J. K. (2025). Media amplification under the floodlight: Contextualising 20 years of US risk news. Risk Analysis, https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.17701 Yeboah, R., Ferdous, L. T., Gerged, A. M.
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Academic gives insights into part-time study for the Guardian
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/academic-gives-insights-into-part-time-study-for-the-guardian
For those considering taking up part-time study, the co-chair of our flexible and distance learning group spoke to the Guardian recently to give some advice on what qualities you need to succeed as a postgraduate Master’s student.
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Identity Troubles: Nationalism, Jihadism and the Far Right
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/sy3099
Module code: SY3099 In this module, we explore theses ‘troubling’ identities – historical (ultra)nationalism, the contemporary extreme right and jihadism – and investigate how they have been theorised and understood as part of long-term social processes.