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Israel Elections 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/israel-elections-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 Elections are due to take place on 17th March. The Israel Democracy Institute website is a good starting point for background information on the electoral process.
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Self-certification
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/mitigating-circumstances/self-certification
Self-certification is a new element of the mitigating circumstances policy for the 2022/23 academic year (Section 4) (PDF, 636kb). This page summarises the scheme and more detailed information is available in the policy.
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Obesity ‘accelerates’ COVID-19 mortality risk amongst ethnic minorities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/covid-19-obesity
A stronger association exists between deaths from COVID-19 and obesity in people of Black, South Asian and other ethnic minority groups than in White people, latest research published in the journal Nature Communications demonstrates.
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The Cosmic Oasis: Leicester environment experts explore Earth’s biosphere in new popular science book
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/cosmic-oasis
Environment experts from the University of Leicester will explore human impact on our planet’s delicate biosphere in a new book. The Earth holds a special place in the cosmos with its ancient, complex and diverse biosphere.
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University of Leicester gets £1.3m boost to turn bright ideas into world-changing impacts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/iaa-funding
The University of Leicester has received £1.3m in funding to help turn the brightest research ideas into world-changing impacts.
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University holds series of public events to mark Leicester’s migration history
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/leicester-migration-events
The University of Leicester is working in conjunction with partners to hold five public events on the recent history of migration to the city.
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Wednesday 17th October Sol 70
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/17/wednesday-17th-october-sol-70/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 17, 2012 We go on a field trip to the Mojave Desert. This area of California contains alluvial fans, volcanic rocks, ancient lakes and hydrothermally altered rocks.
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Thursday 6th September Sol 30
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/09/06/thursday-6th-september-sol-30/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 6, 2012 Telescopes on Earth need to measure ‘flat’ and ‘dark’ frames with every set of observations in order to correct for distortions on the telescope mirror and any false detections on the light detector.
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Thursday 20th December Sol 133
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/12/20/thursday-20th-december-sol-133/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 20, 2012 Curiosity and its team will soon take a break over the Christmas holidays . However in the meantime we are using the opportunity to examine different parts of Yellowknife and its rocks.
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Friday 12th October Sol 66
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/10/13/friday-13th-october-sol-66/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on October 13, 2012 While we work at Rocknest with scooping, imaging and analyses, we take the chance to look down into Glenelg.