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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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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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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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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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Digitally General: why digital is not always the answer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/10/12/digitally-general-why-digital-is-not-always-the-answer/
Posted by bcox in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 12, 2018 Making something digital does not always make it better. Why? It not the digital itself that it actually the issue.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/empathy/research
Learn more about the research conducted in the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare.
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Student profile: Niamh
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/student-profiles/niamh-esrc-midlands-grad
Niamh is studying on the Human Geography Pathway with the ESRC Midlands Graduate School. Read more about her experiences of studying a PhD at Leicester.
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Highlights for the School of Molecular and Cell Biology’s research in REF2021
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/ref2021
School of Molecular and Cell Biology’s research highlights in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework.
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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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The Languages Gateway
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/14/the-languages-gateway/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 14, 2025 Officially launched at a recent University of London event, this portal is supported by a group of leading organisations in the field of languages, skills and education: The British...