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Academics pipe up with a new interpretation of history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/pipes
The historic misuse of the humble smoker’s pipe has led to two University of Leicester academics’ realisation that we might be missing a trick when it comes to interpreting history.
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New species of rare ancient worm discovered in fossil hotspot
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/new-species-of-rare-ancient-worm-discovered-in-fossil-hotspot
A team of researchers including Leicester’s Professor David Siveter have discovered a new species of lobopodian, an ancient relative of modern-day velvet worms, in 430 million-years-old Silurian rocks in Herefordshire, UK.
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Pancakes, and how life flipped upside down for Leicester’s Bake-Off chemist
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/pancakes-josh
Dr Josh Smalley from the University of Leicester School of Chemistry has been keeping busy since his appearance on the Great British Bake Off.
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Dissertations
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/study/postgraduate/dissertations-and-theses
You can arrange to read all dissertations written by the Centre for English Local History's alumni by contacting the department directly. View bibliographies of titles written by our students between 1965 and 2017.
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Kleptocracy Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/17/kleptocracy-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 17, 2016 What is a kleptocracy? Kleptocracy is a system in which well-connected elite is able to use patronage or corruption to exploit the national resources for individual gain.
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Documenting Hate News Index launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/29/documenting-hate-news-index-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 29, 2017 Propublica in association with Google News Lab and a data visualization studio called Pitch Interactive has launched a site about hate crimes and bias incidents in the USA.
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Draft Investigatory Powers Bill: parliamentary report launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/draft-investigatory-powers-bill-parliamentary-report-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 Joint Committee on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill has just published a report with 86 recommendations on improving the clarity of the bill.
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/12/10/16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-violence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 10, 2018 This is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls.
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Sexual harassment of women and girls in public places
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/26/sexual-harassment-of-women-and-girls-in-public-places/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 26, 2018 According to the latest report from the Women and Equalities Committee sexual harassment of women and girls is routine and relentless.
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Friendly Numberhood
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/09/23/friendly-numberhood/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 23, 2011 http://www.numberhood.