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Leicester experts to appear at National Space Academy Careers Conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/experts-national-space-academy-careers-conference
Professor Emma Bunce, Director of the Institute for Space, Dr Francesca Faedi of the School of Business and Space Park Leicester Deputy Director Professor Nigel Bannister will attend
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Athena SWAN
https://le.ac.uk/health-sciences/about/athena-swan
We are committed to providing an excellent working environment for its staff, and in November 2016 we were successful in achieving our second silver Athena SWAN award - acknowledging our commitment to promoting gender equality in the Department of Health Sciences at Leicester.
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University of Leicester named as one of the world’s most sustainable universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/17-worlds-most-sustainable-university-ui-greenmetric
UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2018 places the University of Leicester 35th in the world and 9th in the UK for sustainability.
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Leicester Professor becomes British Cardiovascular Society President
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/british-cardiovascular-society
Professor Andre Ng from the University of Leicester has officially taken over as President of the British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) at its 2024 AGM in Manchester
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Universities and colleges receive 245 million to tackle sexual harassment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/universities-and-colleges-receive-ps2-45-million-to-tackle-sexual-harassment
HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) has awarded grants to over 60 projects in universities – including University of Leicester - and colleges across the country which address concerns about sexual violence and harassment on campus.
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The Reading List
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/27/the-reading-list/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 27, 2022 A podcast in which members of the University talk to Dr Emma Parker about their favourite book. A must-hear for all who love reading for pleasure.
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Europeana Collage Book
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/06/13/europeana-collage-book/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 13, 2025 Create new collage art with materials from museums, libraries, and archives across Europe .
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Women’s History Advent Calendar
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/29/womens-history-advent-calendar/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 29, 2024 Starting on 1st December, a window to open every day till Christmas https://calendar.myadvent.net/?id=nt1kee5497mdo9efkzij7kqyil69xnum to learn about women’s history.
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Benjamin Zephaniah
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/07/benjamin-zephaniah/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 7, 2023 Sadly, Benjamin Zephaniah has passed away at the age of 65. We have many of his books in the library collection.
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Indian women in World War II
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/12/16/indian-women-in-world-war-ii/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 16, 2022 The Indian Women and War (1939-1945) project was created by Believe in Me CIC with funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund.