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Playing Prison Architect
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/01/24/prison-architect-game/
prison architect; game; prison history
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Historical American Newspapers – a reminder
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/11/03/historical-american-newspapers-a-reminder/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 3, 2014 The Chronicling America database from the Library of Congress provides access to more that 8.1 million newspapers 1836-1922.
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Urban Gems/Happiness
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/09/28/urban-gemshappiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 28, 2012 http://urbangems.org/ A new academic project that aims to crowd source what citizens like about cities and what makes them happy.
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Leading Leicester lawyer who switched careers at 40 gains University honour
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/glynis-wright
A businesswoman and lawyer who made a career U-turn at the age of 40 has been honoured by the University of Leicester.
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Honorary graduates January 2018 Nina Stibbe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/honorary-graduates-january-2018-nina-stibbe
The writer and novelist Nina Stibbe, whose works which include Love, Nina and Man at the Helm feature Leicestershire, received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from our University at our graduation ceremonies on Thursday 25 January.
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Hanif Kureishi: the Assemblage of a Native Informant
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/queeringislam/2015/03/06/hanif-kureishi-the-assemblage-of-a-native-informant/
Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on March 6, 2015 There are few writers alive in Britain today who can elicit such polarised, or at best highly qualified, responses as Hanif Kureishi (except, perhaps, his fellow writer and friend Salman Rushdie).
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2016 events
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/events/past-events/2016
Find summaries of all the events held by the Centre for New Writing in 2016.
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Internet sites and censorship
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2010/11/12/internet-sites-and-censorship/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 12, 2010 The Hercdict site, maintained by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, gathers reports of blocked and inaccessible sites worldwide. http://www.herdict.
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Blast off! University supports launch of Rocket Round Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/rocket-round-leicester
Laura Betts, Fundraising Manager at LOROS Hospice and Rocket Round Leicester Project Manager said: “We’re excited to bring Rocket Round Leicester the city and inject colour and conversation back to the streets.
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University of Leicester to mark World Diabetes Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/university-of-leicester-to-mark-world-diabetes-day
People are being invited to learn more about Type 2 diabetes from University experts at a specialist centre in Leicester to mark an international awareness campaign.