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Focus on synthetic biology in prize lecture at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/focus-on-synthetic-biology-in-prize-lecture-at-university-of-leicester
The winner of the Institute of Physics Tom Duke Prize, Andrew Turberfield, a Professor of Physics at the Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, is to deliver his prize lecture at the University of Leicester.
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Study suggests corporations could be destroyed by psychopathic leadership
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/study-suggests-corporations-could-be-destroyed-by-psychopathic-leadership
According to new research led by the Universities of Leicester and Coventry, investing in companies that have psychopaths in their higher echelons of power could be harmful to your wealth.
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Saturday 27th October Sol 80
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/27/saturday-27th-october-sol-80/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 27, 2012 The Mars Yard at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory contains the ‘Scarecrow’ Curiosity rover, used to test going over obstacles and up slopes.
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Are young people the ‘new poor?’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/are-young-people-the-new-poor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 The latest LSE research has revealed that despite better qualifications, young people in their 20s have suffered a higher percentage of falling wages than older generations.
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Local elections data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/04/local-elections-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2018 Elections centre established by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher, Associate Members of Nuffield College, Oxford has a wealth of data on local election results from 1964 onwards.
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Research finds no association between weekend staffing levels and patient mortality
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/research-finds-no-association-between-the-2018weekend-effect2019-and-patient-mortality
New research involving researchers from our University has found no association between weekend senior doctor staffing levels and mortality, questioning whether increasing senior doctor weekend working would impact mortality rates.
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Christmas comes earlier every year!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/17/christmas-comes-earlier-every-year/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 17, 2014 The Royal Statistical Society recently published an essay based on Internet search terms which found that in 2007 people started thinking about Xmas in November however last...
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EUScreen
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/02/07/euscreen/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2012 Free online access to videos, stills, texts and audio from European broadcasters and audiovisual archives. Explore selected content from early 1900s until today. http://www.euscreen.
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200 paintings for 200 years
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/28/200-paintings-for-200-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 28, 2025 A chronological catalogue of in-depth reference cards for 200 of the most famous resources.
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Field Data Capture
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy7711
Module code: GY7711 This module is field-based and is primarily taught intensively over a week. The module covers a variety of technologies used in the field for capturing primary digital geomatic information.