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Airbus Intelligence relocating to Space Park Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/24-airbus-space-park
artist impression of space park campus|The University of Leicester is pleased to announce that Airbus plans to relocate their Leicestershire-based Earth Observation expert team to Space Park Leicester when their current lease expires.
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£5 million grant for health science PhD students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/16-wellcome-grant
The University of Leicester has been awarded a Wellcome Trust grant of over £5 million. The grant will enable the University to support 40 genomic epidemiology and public health genomics PhD students beginning in the 2020/21 academic year.
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President and Vice-Chancellor: New Government’s stance on international students echoes the warm welcome offered at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/international-students
President and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Leicester Professor Nishan Canagarajah gives a message to international students and colleagues - be in no doubt: you are welcome at Leicester.
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Leicester ranked among top universities for Clinical Medicine
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/shanghai-ranking
The University of Leicester has been ranked in the top 5 UK universities for Clinical Medicine by the prestigious Shanghai World Rankings.
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World on verge of extreme weather ‘tipping point’ warn Leicester researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/extreme-weather
Surface Temperature Research Group at University of Leicester gives warning in light of reports of record temperatures in 2023.
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University of Leicester commits to reverse biodiversity decline through worldwide Nature Positive Universities Alliance
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/nature-positive
The University of Leicester has been announced as one of the founding members of the Nature Positive Universities Alliance, continuing its commitment to being a biodiversity net-positive organisation.
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Human trafficking data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/01/27/human-trafficking-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 27, 2023 Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC) data hub is the first global data portal on human trafficking.
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Trafficking in Persons report 2015
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/trafficking-in-persons-report-2015/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 The latest annual report from the US government traces trends and ranks nations worldwide. All reports from 2001 can be downloaded from the website.
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Women in developing countries 9% less likely to have a bank account
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/04/women-in-developing-countries-9-less-likely-to-have-a-bank-account/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 4, 2018 Global Findex Database 2017: Measuring Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution The Global Findex database is the world’s most comprehensive data set on how adults save, borrow, make...
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Are women under-represented in the news?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/01/are-women-under-represented-in-the-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2015 Yes according to the latest Global Media Monitoring Project report which found that they represented only 25% of those heard, read about or seen in the news 2015, the same...