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Global Terrorism database updated
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/global-terrorism-database-updated/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 The total number of terrorist attacks and total deaths due to terrorist attacks worldwide decreased by 12% in 2015, according to the latest annual update of the Global Terrorism...
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Sex workers in research study call for greater legal protections against sexual violence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/sex-worker-access-justice-sexual-violence
Researchers from the University of Leicester, University of Strathclyde, Queen's University, University of Nevada and University of Otago interviewed more than 700 sex workers.
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Live online sessions
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/education/online/live-online-sessions
Booking The sessions are led by the Botanic Garden Education Officer.
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Research communications gains national award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/research-communications-gains-national-award
The University has won its fourth award for communicating animal research- including the second consecutive Openness Award from Understanding Animal Research.
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Leicester innovation front and centre at regional awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/innovation-awards
The best innovators, inventors and developers from across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland were celebrated at the 2021 LeicestershireLive Innovation Awards on Tuesday evening, jointly sponsored by the University of Leicester, De Montfort University and Morningside...
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How to prepare
https://le.ac.uk/graduation/prepare
Find out how to register for your graduation at the University of Leicester and what you need to do before the day.
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Desert Island Discs more than just a resource for good music
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/desert-island-discs-more-than-just-a-resource-for-good-music
On Wednesday 16 May Drs Nick Smith and Cathleen Waters from the University’s School of Arts will be discussing the results of their research paper which analyses the radio archives of Desert Island Discs. Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
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Archaeologists create 3D interactive digital reconstruction of King Richard IIIs grave found under a car park
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/archaeologists-create-3d-interactive-digital-reconstruction-of-king-richard-iii2019s-grave-found-under-a-car-park
Archaeologists who discovered and helped to identify the mortal remains of King Richard III have created a 3D interactive representation of the grave and the skeleton of the king under the car park.
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Prestigious Japanese documentary features Leicester researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/03-nhk-documentary-genomics
Japanese broadcaster NHK will feature the University of Leicester in a documentary show ‘NHK Special’, which will focus on developments in genomics. The documentary will air on Sunday 5 May, with the show attracting audiences in Japan in excess of 10 million people.
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Experts gathered to explore a potentially revolutionary method of diagnosing heart and lung disease from a patients breath sample
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/experts-gathered-to-explore-a-potentially-revolutionary-method-of-diagnosing-heart-and-lung-disease-from-a-patient2019s-breath-sample
On 1 November, the EMBER (East Midlands Breathomics Pathology Node) Industry Symposium took place, to discuss how the latest technologies could take us a step closer to accurately diagnosing conditions such as asthma, pneumonia, heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary...