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Will people in the UK live shorter lives?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/03/will-people-in-the-uk-live-shorter-lives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 3, 2018 This week the newspapers reported that life expectancy is falling or stalled in the UK for the first time since records began, but what are the facts on this? Here are some useful...
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Kenya and gay rights
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/01/kenya-and-gay-rights/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 1, 2019 The Kenyan Penal code currently criminalises same sex relations in sections 162 and 165. A penalty can be 14 years in prison.
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Will people need cash in the future?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/08/will-people-need-cash-in-the-future/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2019 This week the Access to Cash report was published. This independent survey found that the many people in the UK, primarily the poor, continue to rely heavily on cash.
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New report demonstrates impact of programme preparing refugees for academic life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/report-impact-programme-preparing-refugees-academic-life
The RefugEAP Programme supports refugee-background students aspiring to university in developing their English for academic settings using a trauma-informed approach, run as a unique joint collaboration between the University of Leicester and the University of Leeds
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Wellbeing and careers resources
https://le.ac.uk/black-history-month/resources
Black student swimming course Being able to swim is a potentially life-saving skill that everyone should have access to be able to learn. However, in the UK, 95% of Black adults don't swim for a variety a reasons, most notably due to ability and confidence.
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Ethnography Symposium
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/research-events/ethnography-symposium
18th Annual Ethnography Symposium (online only), Living with failure all around: hope in the midst of despair? 27 — 29 August 2025 All around us, we find failure. Most immediately, higher education is in crisis.
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Events in Israel, Palestine and the Middle East
https://le.ac.uk/about/conflict-support/israel-palestine
See more about the current events in Israel, Palestine and the Middle East, and the University's response.
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Academic staff
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/people/academic-staff
Browse the academic staff who work and research in Molecular and Cell Biology at Leicester, and see their contact details.
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Leicester experts uncover secrets of healthy ageing from the world’s oldest person
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/healthy-ageing-leicester-genome-maria
Leicester scientists have helped study the genetics and lifestyle factors that enabled María Branyas Morera, officially the oldest person in the world until she died last year, to reach 117 years old
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University library collections reveal coronation celebrations across time in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/coronation-special-collections
An insight how coronations have been celebrated in Leicester in years past, courtesy of the University of Leicester Special Collections team.