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‘Closing the Gender Pay gap would take 95 years’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/02/24/closing-the-gender-pay-gap-would-take-95-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 24, 2017 Across OECD nations at current rates of progress according to the latest PWC Women in work report.
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Meet Airbus Mars Rover Engineer Abbie Hutty – National Space Centre Live Q&A
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/01/29/meet-airbus-mars-rover-engineer-abbie-hutty-national-space-centre-live-qa/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 29 January 2021 Joining the National Space Centre online for a Facebook Live Q&A tonight (January 29th) is Abbie Hutty, mechanical engineer and Locomotion Subsystem Development Manager, Sample Fetch Rover...
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University research supports project to reduce air pollution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/university-research-supports-project-to-reduce-air-pollution
EarthSense, a joint venture between aerial mapping company Bluesky and the University of Leicester, is working with Oxfordshire County Council and ‘connected vehicle’ company Tantalum to gain a better understanding of the impact of road traffic on dynamic air quality.
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350 Years Ago Pepys and the Easter of 1666
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/350-years-ago-pepys-and-the-easter-of-1666
350 years ago, on the Easter of 1666, famous diarist Samuel Pepys recorded how he failed to join a Church of England service at the Chapel in Whitehall Palace as it was too crowded over the festive period.
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Women will take 118 years to achieve equality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/women-will-take-118-years-to-achieve-equality/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 A ccording to the World Economic Forum Global Gender report which ranks over 140 economies on health, economic, political and education factors.
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Top 100 UK employers for LGBT staff
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/01/31/top-100-uk-employers-for-lgbt-staff/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 31, 2020 Top 100 employers for LGBT staff See the latest list from Stonewall . At the top is Newcastle city council. Find out what they do well. The list is an annual voluntary exercise.
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IBM to create first UK services centre in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/ibm-to-create-first-uk-services-centre-in-leicester
The University of Leicester has played an important role in securing the move of global information technology company IBM to the city.
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University of Leicester politics expert to be embedded in UK Parliament
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/rick-whitaker
Dr Rick Whitaker, Associate Professor in European Politics, is one of three UK academics to be seconded to Parliament as a Thematic Research Lead.
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Thailand government joins forces with University of Leicester to launch UK scholarship for 50 Thai students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/thailand-government-university-leicester-uk-scholarship-thai-students
University of Leicester and Thai government launch scholarships to support Thai students studying in the UK, strengthening international ties.
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Increased activity during the summer caused by genes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/increased-activity-during-the-summer-caused-by-genes
The warm temperature on a summer’s day is often a time for relaxing, but researchers from the Department of Genetics have suggested that a ‘thermosensory’ gene could be responsible for changes in behaviour in different climates.