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NMC Horizon Report 2016 Higher Education Edition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/nmc-horizon-report-2016-higher-education-edition/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 A collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. Download the full text from the website .
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Matchwomen’s strike and other union sites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/08/matchwomens-strike-and-other-union-sites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2013 125th anniversary of the Matchgirl’s strike < http://www.matchwomensfestival.com/ > To commemorate the occasion a special festival is being held in London.
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Knowledge Gateway for Women’s Economic Empowerment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/09/27/knowledge-gateway-for-womens-economic-empowerment/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 27, 2013 Launched by UN Women in association with the government of Canada. News and full-text resources relating to women and economics.
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Scientists unraveling the mosaic of the human brain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/scientists-unraveling-the-2018mosaic2019-of-the-human-brain
Researchers have shed new light on how neurons in the brain communicate with one another. This could potentially help in our understanding of how and why a range of neurodegenerative diseases occur.
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Leicester scientists welcome completion of air quality monitoring satellite
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/leicester-scientists-welcome-completion-of-air-quality-monitoring-satellite
The National Centre of Earth Observation (NCEO) at our University has welcomed the completion of Sentinel 5-Precursor for launch this year.
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Ice Age economic migrants in Europe unearthed
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/meet-the-flintstones-ice-age-2018economic-migrants2019-in-europe-unearthed
After being hidden for nearly 15,000 years, the lives of Ice Age hunter-gatherers who migrated to Europe to benefit from warmer climes are to be revealed in an archaeological dig at a very rare site in Bradgate Park.
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Lecturer curates video exhibition in Argentina and Brazil
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/lecturer-curates-video-exhibition-in-argentina-and-brazil
A new video exhibition curated by a lecturer from our School of Modern Languages will explore the world 'between languages' at venues in Brazil and Argentina.
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Nobel peace prize nominee held captive by IS gives public lecture - photo gallery added
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/nobel-peace-prize-nominee-held-captive-by-is-to-give-public-lecture
Nobel Peace Prize nominee and UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad, a Yazidi woman who was held captive by Islamic State members and whose six brothers were murdered by them, spoke out at the University of Leicester on The Struggle of Yazidis Against IS.
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Project to challenge marginalisation of women in video game industry
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/project-to-challenge-2018marginalisation2019-of-women-in-video-game-industry
The marginalised status of women in the video game industry will be challenged by a new international research project involving Dr Alison Harvey from the Department of Media and Communication.
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Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 20 26 August
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-20-26-august
Professor Martin Parker from the School of Management had written an article for The Conversation discussing the work practices of global company Amazon and its plans for expansion.