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Is social care in crisis?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/11/is-social-care-in-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2016 PSA Commission on Care Report Towards a New Deal for Care and Carers was launched last week.
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Is there a gender pay gap?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/06/is-there-a-gender-pay-gap/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 6, 2017 The latest report from the Resolution Foundation notes a reduction for women in their 20s but notes that over the career lifespan this widens.
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Entrepreneurship at a Glance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/10/16/entrepreneurship-at-a-glance/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2017 The latest edition of this key report from the OECD is now available free to read online subscribers to the OECD library can download the full text.
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Suggested research topics
https://le.ac.uk/english/study/research-degrees/application-process/research-topics
Take a look at the suggestions for PhD projects that staff in English at the University of Leicester would be interested in supervising.
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Senate regulation 6: Regulations governing taught postgraduate programmes of study: Award (6.31-6.42)
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-6/before-25-26/award
Criteria for and classification of awards 6.31 A Postgraduate Certificate, a Postgraduate Diploma and a Masters degree may be awarded with pass, merit, or distinction.
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Passions of War
https://le.ac.uk/english/research/research-projects/past-projects/passions-of-war
The Passions of War project sought to investigate the influence of war, from the early modern period to the end of the Second World War. Find out more about the project.
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‘Fizzy pop’ process reveals copper-rich volcanoes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/volcano
Identifying magmas that experience the same process that makes fizzy drinks ‘bubbly’ has been used by a team of University of Leicester geologists to predict whether a volcano’s magma is likely to be rich in copper.
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New professor of Nursing and Child Health appointed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/joseph-manning
The University of Leicester is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Joseph Manning MBE as Professor of Nursing and Child Health within the School of Healthcare.
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University of Leicester developing piloting system for potential first AI space pilot
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/ai-space-pilot
Computer scientist receive £ 34,846 funding from UK Space Agency for spacecraft piloting system using artificial intelligence, the AI Guidance, Navigation and Control system will be used for a new rocket engine to help spacecraft servicing in-orbit satellites.
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Dr George Pohl
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2023/george-pohl
We have learned, with regret, of the passing of Dr Jurgen (George) Pohl MBChB, MRCP, who helped to establish the Leicester Medical School in the 1970s, serving as Senior Lecturer in Medicine until his retirement in 2001.