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Study reveals how thirsty trees pull water to their canopies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-reveals-how-thirsty-trees-pull-water-to-their-canopies
A scientific mystery about how trees pull water from the ground to their top branches has been solved by an international team of researchers led by Dr Adrian Boatwright, who conducted the research while at the Department of Chemistry.
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Serious concerns raised over lack of recorded BAME COVID-19 death data
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/bame-covid-lancet
A senior University of Leicester clinician-scientist has raised serious concerns over the lack of recorded data on the number of deaths of people from BAME backgrounds.
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Spend a year abroad
https://le.ac.uk/history/study/undergraduate/year-abroad
History at the University of Leicester participates in two types of exchange schemes: the first is based on a network of European universities (the ERASMUS scheme), the second involves links with universities in Australia and also the United States (the Study Abroad scheme).
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Dollis Hill War Diary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/08/16/dollis-hill-war-diary/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2022 A new BT archive; the second world war diary of W.G. Radley, Assistant Staff Engineer which reveals work with Bletchley Park and the use of eavesdropping equipment.
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Gender diversity on corporate boards
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/18/gender-diversity-on-corporate-boards/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 18, 2023 The Global Gender Diversity Report, is an annual report published by Altrata.
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Measuring rural poverty
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/measuring-rural-poverty/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool (MPAT) The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has just released this new tool which can be used to measure rural...
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Oil and Gas Transformation Map
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/14/oil-and-gas-transformation-map/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2020 A new interactive tool created by the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University/SIPA and World Economic Forum to track the changes occurring in these energy...
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Direction of AI Innovation in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/direction-of-ai-innovation-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 This report from Institute for Public Policy Research outlines the AI innovation landscape in the UK to determine which type of AI deployment is and is not currently taking place.
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Courthauld Gallery Witt Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/06/courthauld-gallery-witt-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 6, 2024 The Witt is an extensive collection comprising thousands of reproductions, and cuttings of paintings, drawings, and engravings of Western Art from 1200 to 2009.
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Saferpolitics.org
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/06/13/saferpolitics-org/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 13, 2025 A University of Liverpool project in co-operation with the Local Government Association, Saferpolitics.