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What is oral history?
https://le.ac.uk/history/outreach/besh/oral-history/what-is
History at the University of Leicester - Building and Enriching Shared Heritages project. Find out how Oral History is defined and how it is useful for capturing stories, as a source of evidence and for investigating what people did and thought.
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Recognition for Ophthalmology researcher at worlds biggest vision conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/recognition-for-ophthalmology-researcher-at-world2019s-biggest-vision-conference
A researcher at the University has been recognised at the world’s biggest vision conference.
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Social events and activities
https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/presessional/why-leicester/social
Find out more about the social events and activities which take place around the Presessional English Programme at Leicester.
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Applications now open for inaugural Space Park Open Art Exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/space-park-exhibition-applications
Space Park Leicester is calling for UK artists to take part in the first-ever Space Park Open Art Exhibition.
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70th Anniversary of the United Nations (next year)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/13/70th-anniversary-of-the-united-nations-next-year/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 13, 2015 A new online exhibition is being created by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library which celebrates 70 key documents in the history of the UN.
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Spanish Elections on Sunday
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/17/spanish-elections-on-sunday/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 17, 2015 A look forward at the possible outcome of Spain’s elections on Sunday. http://www.theguardian.
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Coronations through history
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/05/05/coronations-through-history/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 5, 2023 The National Archives has a mini coronations website which includes images of seals, phots and discussions of government documents.
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LGBT and work
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/07/24/lgbt-and-work/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 24, 2017 A report from the TUC – the cost of being out at work – reported nearly 39% LGBT responding to their survey had been victimised or discriminated against by colleagues.
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Freedom of Internet report 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/10/04/freedom-of-internet-report-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2021 Latest annual report from Freedom House which ranks 70 nations according to levels of internet freedom.
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Smallpox in Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/05/05/smallpox-in-leicester/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on May 5, 2015 ‘The Wyvern Smiles’ from ‘The Wyvern’, (Leicester, 20 November 1891).