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Leicester and JWST
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/projects/james-webb-space-telescope/leicester-and-miri
Leicester scientists and engineers were the mechanical engineering lead for the MIRI instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Leicester researcher contributes to Coventrys successful UK City of Culture bid
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-researcher-contributes-to-coventry2019s-successful-uk-city-of-culture-bid
A postgraduate researcher from our University has been involved with Coventry’s successful bid for ‘City of Culture’ 2021, which was awarded on Thursday 7 December during an episode of BBC One’s The One Show.
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Leicester-led review shows around one in three hospital infections involve antimicrobial resistance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/antimicrobial-resistance-amr-leicester-hospital-infections
A University of Leicester-led study shows that in hospital settings antimicrobial resistance is common and independently associated with a higher risk of death.
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Leicester Hate Crimes Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/03/leicester-hate-crimes-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2014 Leicester Hate Crimes Project The broad aims of the Leicester Hate Crime Project were to examine people’s experiences of hate, prejudice and targeted hostility understand the physical...
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Youth and Education Television
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2010/10/25/youth-and-education-television/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 25, 2010 The literature database of the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI) http://www.izi-datenbank.
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E-G8 Forum
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/05/31/e-g8-forum/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 31, 2011 The first G8 conference on the impact of the Internet upon G8 nations was held in Paris on May 24-25th.
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Presidential debates
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/22/presidential-debates/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 22, 2012 See video footage and transcripts from the official Commission on presidential debates: http://www.debates.
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Aid Worker Security database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/02/08/aid-worker-security-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 8, 2013 https://aidworkersecurity.org/ Produced by the Humanitarian Outcomes, a team of specialist consultants, this database provides statistics on violence against aid workers.
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Online Gender Gap Audit published
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/09/26/online-gender-gap-audit-published/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 26, 2016 The World Wide web Foundation has recently launched its first audit of the difficulties women face at getting online.
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Lede
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/01/24/lede/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 24, 2011 The Lede is a blog that mixes New York Times content with news stories and postings taken from blogs and citizen journalists. http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.