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New book on work-life balance by Professor of Management and colleagues
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/new-book-on-work-life-balance-by-professor-of-management-and-colleagues
Professor Stephen Wood from our School of Business is among the editors of a new publication on work-life balance practices during the recent recession. Employers did not withdraw their work-life balance practices during the post-2008 recession.
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Expert opinion Changes under Gove have brought about STEM teacher shortage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/changes-under-gove-have-brought-about-stem-teacher-shortage-say-experts
Schools face a “looming disaster” over a severe shortage of teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects, education and science experts at Leicester have warned.
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We’ve moved to a new website!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2025/07/31/weve-moved-to-a-new-website/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on July 31, 2025 If you’ve been wondering why this site has been a little quiet over the years then it’s because we have moved to a new website! Keep up to date on all things Library related by visiting our new site:...
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A new Regional Gender Equality Monitor
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/29/a-new-regional-gender-equality-monitor/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 29, 2019 A new index which focuses specifically on female disadvantage and achievement at a regional level within the European Union.
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New video remembers the beginnings of the University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/05-centenary-video
Our centenary video: So that they may have life G2wgWaQVTEQ Centenary video image still from video|In the film, we hear the words of local doctor, Dr Astley Clarke, as he responds to an editorial in the Leicester Daily Post newspaper.
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Universitys newest meningitis vaccine research to be showcased at Discovery Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/university2019s-newest-meningitis-vaccine-research-to-be-showcased-at-2018discovery-day2019
An open outreach event will showcase the latest meningitis vaccine research carried out by the Department of Genetics at the University and Public Health England at Manchester.
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Report suggests delaying school entry for preterm babies may not be the answer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/report-suggests-delaying-school-entry-for-preterm-babies-may-not-be-the-answer
A new report launched today suggests that prematurely born babies are more likely to have learning difficulties at school age, and the risk increases the earlier they are born.
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New blood test to detect endometrial (womb) cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/april/endometrial-cancer-leicester-blood-test
A pioneering new blood test to detect endometrial cancer has been developed by Gynaecological cancer experts at the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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University of Leicester awards honorary degree to graduate and best-selling author
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/adele-parks
Acclaimed novelist and Leicester graduate, Adele Parks MBE has returned to the University to be awarded an honorary degree. Parks received a (DLitt) Doctor of Letters from the University of Leicester in a ceremony that took place at De Montfort Hall on Thursday, 19 January.
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Leicester celebrates World Book Night
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/leicester-celebrates-world-book-night
To celebrate World Book Night, this year the University successfully applied to be a volunteer institution, and hand out out books to share a love of reading with those in the local community Since 2011, over two million books have been given away by thousands of...