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Leicester OnTrack to advance social mobility
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-ontrack-to-advance-social-mobility
Martin Perfect, Employer Relationship Manager in the Careers Service at the University of Leicester, has discussed the challenges of advancing social mobility and the Widening Participation schemes available to students at the University.
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Research group including University of Leicester astronomers receives one of the world’s largest research prizes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/astronomers-world-largest-research-prize
ENGRAVE group, which includes University of Leicester researchers, recognised with inaugural Into Change Award, worth DKK 8 million and awarded by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science
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2020 news
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/contemporary-environments/anthropocene-research-group/news/2020
7 July 2020 Bringing absurdity to business thinking: a serious proposal Since the inaugural lecture of the Anthropocene Research Group, we have reflected on the role of business schools at the time of the Anthropocene.
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Leicester technicians shortlisted for Papin Prize awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/leicester-technicians-shortlisted-for-papin-prize-awards
Two technicians from the University’s Department of Engineering have been shortlisted for national Papin Prize awards. The awards recognise the skills, talent and experience of technicians who have demonstrated excellence in their field, across the UK and Ireland.
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How reading increases your life expectancy by 26 years!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/how-reading-increases-your-life-expectancy-by-26-years/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 World Book day was celebrated on Thursday What are the benefits of reading? The Reading Agency quotes a number of studies on economic, health and well-being and educational impacts...
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The Knowledge ‘versus’ Skills Debate, Part 2: What about ‘transferable skills’?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/05/24/the-knowledge-versus-skills-debate-part-2-what-about-transferable-skills/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on May 24, 2018 In the first part of this post, I discussed the need to develop more broad and inclusive understandings of knowledge and to move away from unhelpfully simplistic and...
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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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Nationality, Identity and Belonging:
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/18/nationality-identity-and-belonging/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 18, 2024 An Oral History of the ‘Windrush Generation’ and their Relationship to the British State, 1948-2018 This is an ongoing University of London project which contains interviews that...
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Andrew Dunn: Page 177
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/177/
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/178/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester