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• What makes cities competitive?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/08/what-makes-cities-competitive/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 8, 2016 Find out by downloading a recent working paper from the World Bank – Kilroy, A.F.L., Mukim, M., Negri, S. (2015) Competitive cities for jobs and growth : what, who, and how .

• Social mobility and child poverty

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/10/23/social-mobility-and-child-poverty/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2013 The Social Mobility and Child Poverty (SMCP) Commission releases major report .

• Occupy Wall Street protest site

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/17/occupy-wall-street-protest-site/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2011 http://occupywallst.org/ This website is a good example of the Internet being used to organise protests. The website includes user generated maps, video streams and organisers materials.

• Mars Sample Return is Underway with Mars2020 Launch

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/30/mars-sample-return-is-underway-with-mars2020-launch/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 July 2020 With the successful launch of Mars2020 from Cape Canaveral today the first stage in a long and complex sample return plan is finally underway – John Bridges explains on the Mars Science Laboratory...

• AstroSeminar: Disc eccentricity driving type I and type II outbursts in Be/X-ray binaries

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/26/astroseminar-disc-eccentricity-driving-type-i-and-type-ii-outbursts-in-be-x-ray-binaries/

  Posted by er198 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 26 October 2020 This week (28th Oct) the virtual Wednesday talk will be delivered by Dr.

• Politwoops and other Twitter-related sites

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/10/politwoops-and-other-twitter-related-sites/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2013 Politwoops: (deleted tweets from politicians ) enables keyword searching for deleted tweets. It is offered in a number of countries.

• Genes for learning and memory are 650 million years old, study shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/big-bang

  A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that the genes required for learning, memory, aggression and other complex behaviours originated around 650 million years ago.

• Researchers recognised for public engagement skills

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/researchers-recognised-for-public-engagement-skills

  Winners of a competition that challenged our researchers to summarise their research in a mere three minutes have been announced.

• Celebrating 35 years of DNA fingerprinting

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-celebrating-35-years-of-dna-fingerprinting

  A brand new interview with Sir Alec Jeffreys IW2oSGB-MaE|At 9.05am on Monday 10 September 1984, a discovery in a laboratory at the University of Leicester changed the way criminal investigations were carried out.

• PhD student wins Royal Society of Biology Poster Walks competition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/phd-student-wins-royal-society-of-biology-poster-walks-competition

  30 students showcased their posters to the public at the University of Lincoln this week, with a number of students attending from our University.