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Careers and Employability Service
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/careers/career-development-service
Our Career Development Service is here to provide you with insight into a range of careers, and give you the best student experience and support.
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DNA fingerprinting
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting
In 1984 Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys discovered the technique of genetic fingerprinting at the University of Leicester, learn more about his work.
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Very premature infants Towards better care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/very-premature-infants-towards-better-care
Born too soon, very premature infants are particularly vulnerable and need appropriate care. The European project EPICE (Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe) examines how medical practices based on scientific evidence are incorporated into the care of these neonates.
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Study shows how to better prepare medical students to provide compassionate care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/medical-students-stoneygate-empathy-centre
A new study describes the creation of a curriculum which embeds empathic communication skills throughout undergraduate education for medical students.
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Beating health inequalities
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/beating-health-inequalities
Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Dr Manish Pareek played a leading role in helping understand how COVID-19 has disproportionately affected ethnic minority populations.
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Population statistics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/13/population-statistics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 13, 2020 July 11th is World Population Day United Nations Population Division produces regular demographic estimates and population projects for countries worldwide.
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Teaching British Histories of Race, Migration and Empire: a resource for teachers and learners
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/08/11/teaching-british-histories-of-race-migration-and-empire-a-resource-for-teachers-and-learners/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2020 Institute of Historical Research and Runnymede Trust have launched a new crowdsourced guide listing of resources suitable for diversifying and making more...
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Social Mobility Barometer, 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/03/17/social-mobility-barometer-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 17, 2021 The latest annual report from the UK Social Mobility Commission is a poll of what the public think about equality and social mobility.
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Visualizing the Virus
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/07/26/visualizing-the-virus/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 26, 2021 An international digital project led by Dr Sria Chatterjee and made possible by a grant from DARIAH EU and support from the Institute of Experimental Design and Media, FHNW.
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History of the BBC
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/09/14/history-of-the-bbc/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 14, 2021 ‘100 Voices that made the BBC’ series – ‘Entertaining the Nation’. Historical site from the BBC which is based on oral histories. It is curated by Dr.