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Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester: The School of Criminology and S
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/page/3/
The School of Criminology and Sociology: follow us to find out who we are and what we do.
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Crocus Sundays signal the arrival of spring alongside hedgehog display for children
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/crocus-sundays-signal-the-spring-alongside-hedgehog-display-for-children
The springtime blooming of crocuses in the Botanic Garden will this year be accompanied by the unusual sight of thousands of salt-dough hedgehogs in March.
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Growing the social role of botanic gardens
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/growing-social-role-of-botanic-gardens
Growing the Social Role stress tests the prevailing organisational cultures and structures of UK botanic gardens to see if they are fit for purpose for the 21st century.
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The University of the West Indies and University of Leicester International Summer School
https://le.ac.uk/cssah/uwi-summer-school
The Summer School is an annual programme run by the University of the West Indies and the University of Leicester, aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers from the Caribbean, the UK and Canada with an interest in global studies and a background in any...
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World Space Week at the National Space Centre
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/20/world-space-week-at-the-national-space-centre/
To celebrate World Space Week the National Space Centre is hosting its first in-person Space Lates since January 2020, offering space fans the chance to explore the galleries after hours, hear from special guest speakers and take part in a wide range of space-themed...
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Osteology - reading the bones
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/osteology
Specialists analysed the skeleton to determine the age and sex of the individual, the spinal abnormalities are identified and the wounds characterised.
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World Press Freedom Day…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/10/world-press-freedom-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2013 … was celebrated on the 3rd May The official website has details of this year’s events, messages and full text UN documents associated with freedom of speech.
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Literary Leicester to host one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British Fiction Gwendoline Riley
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/literary-leicester-to-host-2018one-of-the-most-distinctive-voices-in-contemporary-british-fiction2019-gwendoline-riley
The University of Leicester will welcome award-winning novelist Gwendoline Riley to campus on Friday 17 November for the tenth annual Literary Leicester festival. For the event, taking place between 6.15 and 7.
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March Book Group: Put Out More Flags – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/04/23/put-out-more-flags/
Posted by Rebecca Moore in Waugh and Words on April 23, 2015 The following is a guest post kindly supplied by Ben Doty.
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Equal pay day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/09/equal-pay-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2012 A report from the Fawcett society claims a backward step for women in closing the gender pay gap in the UK. See other campaign material on their website for more reports and statistics.