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The short skirt: a symbol of victim blaming culture?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/short-skirt
Read the article "The short skirt: a symbol of victim blaming culture?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Leicester medicine graduate helped Antiguan children’s orchestra whilst finishing studies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/mimi
A student from the University of Leicester helped an Antiguan children’s orchestra whilst finishing her medical degree.
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Sweet genes – not sweet dreams - could explain why a bad night’s sleep makes you older
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/sleep
New funding support to research teams at University of Leicester to study sleep’s effects on ageing epigenetics Changes to our DNA occur as we get older and could be affected by sleep disturbance Scientists aim to find out whether this epigenetic clock plays a...
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Leicester and Leicestershire can breathe easy as university unveils pollen monitor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/pollen-monitor
The new Swisens Poleno sampler was launched on the roof of the University of Leicester’s George Davies Centre.
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University of Leicester archaeologists identify ancient Stonehenge gold digging kit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/gold
University of Leicester archaeologists have identified a 4000-year-old gold working tool kit amongst the grave goods from an important Bronze Age burial near Stonehenge.
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AI experts join drive for safety on UK rail crossings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/ai-level-crossing
The Leicester team includes Professors Ivan Tyukin and Alexander Gorban, Dr Bogdan Grechuk, Tatiana Tyukina and George Leete, all of the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences.
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Research reveals human-driven changes to distinctive foraging patterns in North Pacific Ocean
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/albatross-foraging
Dr Eric Guiry is Lecturer in Biomolecular Archaeology at the University of Leicester and corresponding author for the study, which focused on two locations close to Yuquot, Canada, and compared findings to sites in the USA, Russia and Japan.
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World Press Freedom day is celebrated annually on the 3rd May
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/04/world-press-freedom-day-is-celebrated-annually-on-the-3rd-may/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2018 2018 is the 25 th anniversary and the focus is upon the rule of law. Find out more about the events on the UNESCO official website.
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50 years of credit cards
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/07/04/50-years-of-credit-cards/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 4, 2016 Its 50 years since people started using credit cards in the UK with the issue of the first Barclaycards. The BBC has a fascinating social history feature.
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Summer On Campus
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/06/10/summer-on-campus/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on June 10, 2016 With exam season drawing to a close (my sympathies to those continuing their studies through the summer), now is an opportune moment to relax and soak up some rays around the University campus.