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Latest MBRRACE-UK figures for maternal and perinatal mortality in the UK are published
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/maternal-perinatal-mortality
Researchers from the University of Leicester and Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit publish new data on women who died during, or up to six weeks after, pregnancy.
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Black History Month event – In Conversation with Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2023/10/12/black-history-month-event-in-conversation-with-dr-maggie-aderin-pocock/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 12 October 2023 As part of our events to mark Black History Month this October, we’re really excited to have our new Chancellor, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, join us for a very special event on campus on Friday 20...
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Lockdown Research Bites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/15/lockdown-research-bites/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 15 July 2020 During the 2020 lockdown, Leicester’s College of Science and Engineering showcased a series of virtual lectures over the spring and summer.
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Innovations in Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/12/innovations-in-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 12, 2016 Get insight into recent and forthcoming trends in the latest innovating pedagogy report from the researchers at the Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK, and...
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The Global Conflict Risk Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/02/the-global-conflict-risk-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 2, 2018 This useful free source has been developed by the Joint Research Centre in cooperation with the Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Mediation Instruments Division...
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Eurobarometer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/08/eurobarometer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 8, 2013 The Special Eurobarometer on social climate …monitors perceptions of the economic situation of households, of the national economy and social protection in EU nations .
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Joseph Stiglitz and Central Banks
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/01/15/joseph-stiglitz-and-central-banks/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 15, 2013 Nobel Prize-winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz, stated that central banks have too much financial power to remain as unelected bodies.
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World Press Freedom Day…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/05/10/world-press-freedom-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 10, 2013 … was celebrated on the 3rd May The official website has details of this year’s events, messages and full text UN documents associated with freedom of speech.
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Inequality in the UK
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/12/05/inequality-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 5, 2017 Is London the most socially mobile place in the UK? See the latest report from the Social Mobility Commission.
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Is homework pointless?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/05/is-homework-pointless/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2018 With the return of the university academic year some TV programmes have discussed whether homework matters.