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Professor Clare Anderson appointed as trustee of Royal Museums Greenwich
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/clare-anderson
The University of Leicester’s Professor Clare Anderson has been appointed by the Prime Minister as one of six new Trustees of the Royal Museums Greenwich. Anderson is a Professor of History at the University, Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies.
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University of Leicester researcher is finalist for prestigious heritage award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/10-researcher-is-finalist-for-prestigious-heritage-award
PhD researcher from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History Mark Webb shortlisted for 2018 Historic England Angel Award
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Curiosity disproves old idea of Mars as a simple basaltic planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/curiosity-disproves-2018old-idea-of-mars-as-a-simple-basaltic-planet2019
As NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) celebrates four years on the Red Planet Leicester planetary scientist Professor John Bridges recounts the Curiosity mission’s success and explains what is next for the one-ton nuclear-powered science robot.
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International Women’s Day: some free statistics which show why it is necessary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/16/international-womens-day-some-free-statistics-which-show-why-it-is-necessary/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 16, 2020 Here are some free statistics which show why the fight for gender equality is necessary: The Office for National Statistics records the current gender pay gap as 17.3% in 2019.
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Migrants experiences of life in UK is focus of University of Leicester event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/migrants-experiences-of-life-in-uk-is-focus-of-university-of-leicester-event
The experiences of migrants coming to live in London and Leicester will be the focus of a free interactive public event at Resource for London on 16 November.
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Christmas toys and festive joys Yuletide memories from the twentieth century
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/christmas-toys-and-festive-joys-yuletide-memories-from-the-twentieth-century
The East Midlands Oral History Archive (EMOHA) has put together a number of recordings from the 1930s and 40s discussing Christmas time.
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Physics students win Stewardson essay prizes for creative papers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/physics-students-win-stewardson-essay-prizes-for-creative-papers
This year the Department of Physics and Astronomy has awarded two prizes – the Stewardson essay prizes – to students for their Physics Special Topics papers.
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Free access to writings covering South West Asia and North Africa
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/19/free-access-to-writings-covering-south-west-asia-and-north-africa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 19, 2023 SAGE is offering free access to journal articles, reference entries and chapters covering South West Asia and North Africa ‘for a limited period’ (period not defined).
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Public transport use may lead to major COVID-19 outbreak
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/public-transport-covid
A leading academic at the University of Leicester has warned of major COVID-19 outbreaks amongst passengers using public transport if precautions are not taken.
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The deterioration of US-China security relations during the Obama Presidency
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/the-deterioration-of-u-s-china-security-relations-during-the-obama-presidency
A new book by Dr James Johnson from our School of History, Politics and International Relations will unravel the deterioration of US-China security relations during the Obama Presidency. The book, ‘The U.S.