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University life in the 1920s revealed through historical interview
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/university-life-in-the-1920s-revealed-through-historical-interview
A new project organised by our University is making a number of oral history interviews with people who lived during the 19th and 20th centuries available online.
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Trump’s inauguration
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/20/trumps-inauguration/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2017 On inauguration day The Guardian news is experimenting with a number of live news features. See the first filmed inauguration in 1901 via the Library of Congress website.
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£10 billion space telescope has only just begun to reveal universe’s secrets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/jwst-anniversary
Engineers from the University of Leicester and Space Park Leicester, who have been part of the £10 billion James Webb Space Telescope mission for 20 years, reflect on the first anniversary of its first images release.
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Bloomberg: China’s Trade Anomalies and Economic Growth
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/07/bloomberg-chinas-trade-anomalies-and-economic-growth/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 7, 2013 China’s customs administration is investigating allegations of falsified trade data.
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America’s complicated relationship with healthcare explored in new book
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/transformed-states
The final book in Professor Martin Halliwell's series on healthcare in the United States will be published on 15 November 2024.
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Elizabeth (Liz) S Anderson
https://le.ac.uk/people/elizabeth-liz-s-anderson
The academic profile of Professor Elizabeth Liz Anderson, Professor of Interprofessional Education and Patient Safety Lead at University of Leicester
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Sea levels influence eruptions on Santorini
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/santorini
The rise and fall of sea levels influence the likelihood of volcanic eruptions on the Greek island of Santorini, new research published in Nature has discovered.
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Leicestershire’s Universities are working together for a greener future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/leicestershire-universities-working-together-greener-future
As the UK gears up for Big Green Week this June, Leicestershire’s universities - University of Leicester, De Montfort University (DMU), and Loughborough University - are proving that collaboration is key in tackling climate change.
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Women’s history month: 2 padlets
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/08/womens-history-month-padlets/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 8, 2024 2 padlets for Women’s History Month, being added throughout March. A map of world women inspired by the women featured in Warrior Queens by Kate Mosse Women and sport .
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Britain’s relationship with the EU on film
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/24/britains-relationship-with-the-eu-on-film/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 24, 2016 British Pathe films on Britain’s relationship with the EU including negotiations to join the Common Market.