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John Lewis-University of Leicester Black History Month project wins award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/bhm
A collaboration between the University of Leicester and the city’s John Lewis department store has received a Black History Month award.
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Student midwives add to support for Leicester families
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/antenatal-classes
A student-led project to support expectant Leicester mothers has been given a funding boost in celebration of International Day of the Midwife.
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Socio-technical approach key to air safety, research suggests
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/sociotechnical-safety
An innovative socio-technical approach provides the key to improving safety in aviation and astronautics, according to a University of Leicester expert.
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University volunteers plant thousands of bulbs at Botanic Garden
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/botanic-garden-crocus-plant-nick-bailey
Green fingered volunteers are helping to plant 80,000 crocus bulbs in Leicester’s Botanic Garden this week
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Personal data and elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/15/personal-data-and-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 15, 2018 The Influence Industry: The Global Business of Using Your Data in Elections.
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Electoral Integrity
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/27/electoral-integrity/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2014 Electoral Integrity Project An independent international project headed by University of Sydney and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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mstein
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/author/ms553/
The secret peacemaker: A quiet leader of our time Posted by mstein in School of Business Blog on May 24, 2017 Professor Mark Stein of the School of Business mourns the key intermediary between the British government and the IRA with Leicester connections, who has died aged 80.
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Race and Higher Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/race-and-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic student attainment at UK universities: #closingthegap Universities UK A report setting out five steps universities can take to help close the attainment...
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Bloomberg: Credit Default Swaps
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/04/26/bloomberg-credit-default-swaps/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2013 Since the European Union ban on naked sovereign CDS in November, the volume of sovereign CDS trades has plummeted while the volume on financials CDS has increased, according to DTCC data.
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European Bodies in Prehistory and History
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ar3074
Module code: AR3074 How do people understand their bodies? How does this change through time? Are bodies the product of particular kinds of historical worlds? How do these bodies play key roles in history? Drawing on research conducted by module...