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Shoes Unboxed at Wakefield Museum
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/work-placement/shoes-unboxed-at-wakefield-museum
Janna King, MA in Museum Studies (now Documentation Assistant, Wakefield Museums and Castle) Here at Wakefield Museums & Castles, we had the pleasure of hosting student, Sarah Verreault, who spent eight weeks with us working on our Shoes Unboxed project.
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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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Unique exceptionally preserved fossil named in honour of Sir David Attenborough
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/unique-2018exceptionally-preserved2019-fossil-named-in-honour-of-sir-david-attenborough
An international team of scientists led by our University has discovered a new 430 million-year-old fossil and has named it in honour of Sir David Attenborough – who grew up on the University campus.
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Paralympic Gold for Leicester sports scholar
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/nick-cummins-paralympics-gold
University of Leicester History PhD student and sports scholar Nick Cummins has won Gold as part of Great Britain’s Wheelchair Rugby squad at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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Love Island star Dr Alex George to visit University to discuss mental health
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/dr-alex-george
Love Island star and Youth Mental Health Ambassador, Dr Alex George, will visit the University of Leicester to talk to students about the importance of protecting their mental health.
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Conference explores challenges facing journalism and politics in the wake of rising global populism
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/conference-explores-challenges-facing-journalism-and-politics-in-the-wake-of-rising-global-populism
The future of journalism and politics was discussed by experts at a ground-breaking conference on Brexit, Trump and the Media at Leicester.
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The Beer Game: supply and demand chains
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/23/the-beer-game-supply-and-demand-chains/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2024 The Beer Game was invented in the 1960s by Jay Forrester at MIT. The game was designed to teach about supply and demand chains .
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Face to face with Waugh: John Freeman (1915-2014)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/01/29/face-to-face-with-waugh-john-freeman-1915-2014/
Posted by Roger Irwin in Waugh and Words on January 29, 2015 On 20 December last year John Freeman – soldier, Labour politician and television interviewer – died aged 99.
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Protecting Children Online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/11/20/protecting-children-online/
Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on November 20, 2023 Di Levine – Assistant Professor/Lecturer and Impact Lead, School of Criminology & Research Associate (visiting researcher), Centre for Social Development in Africa,...
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Support for Leicester City of Sanctuary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/support-for-leicester-city-of-sanctuary
Representatives from the University received a comprehensive insight into the wide-ranging work of Leicester City of Sanctuary during a visit to a Sanctuary drop-in centre.