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Observatory of Algorithms with Social Impact
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/23/observatory-of-algorithms-with-social-impact/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2020 A listing from the Eticas Foundation which is indexing algorithms used by search engines and organisations and classifying them by type location and impact.
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Explosive Violence Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/14/explosive-violence-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2020 Explosive Violence Monitor 2019 Latest annual report by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) – demonstrates that civilians continue to be disproportionately affected by the...
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Katy Bunning
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/author/klg22/
Katy is the current Programme Director of Museum Studies by Distance Learning and a Research Associate in the School of Museum Studies.
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Chile
https://le.ac.uk/study/international-students/countries/latin-america-caribbean/chile
We welcome students from Chile. Find out about entry requirements, the Chilean student community and other country-specific information.
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Two upcoming festivals
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2015/06/17/two-upcoming-festivals/
Posted by Jonathan Taylor in School of English Blog on June 17, 2015 Over the next couple of weeks, I ( Jonathan Taylor ) am taking part in two Literary Festivals, both of which are open to the public.
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Migration in the media
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/migration-in-the-media/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 How do the media cover international migration stories? The report, Moving Stories, is published by the Ethical Journalism Network and reviews media coverage of migration in the...
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International students
https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/study/undergraduate/international-students
Applications from overseas students are strongly encouraged at the University of Leicester. Over the years we have been fortunate to attract many undergraduate students from all over the world.
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Researchers engage with the local community through Lunchtime Lecture Series
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/researchers-to-engage-with-the-local-community-through-2018lunchtime-lecture-series2019
Researchers from our University are delivering a ‘Lunchtime Lecture Series’ at the Leicester Adult Education College from October to December.
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Poor reporting limits impact of research into improving surgical care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/poor-reporting-limits-impact-of-research-into-improving-surgical-care
A new review of academic papers has found that the reporting of attempts to improve the quality of care before, during, and after surgery is “suboptimal”.
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Researcher examines impact of slum tourism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/researcher-examines-impact-of-2018slum-tourism2019
New research from Dr Fabian Frenzel from the School of Management examines whether slums across the world have become ‘cool’ as more and more tourists discover favelas, ghettos, townships and barrios on leisurely visits.