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Engineers measure Big Bens bong
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/engineers-measure-big-ben2019s-bong
Department of Engineering has, for the first time ever, vibration-mapped the famous London bell Big Ben in order to reveal why it produces its distinct harmonious tone.
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Glynis Wright MBE
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/council/membership/glynis-wright
Dr Glynis Wright is an alumna of the University of Leicester acquiring a BA (Hons) in English and Philosophy in 1984. She decided to remain in Leicester after graduating and commenced a career in local government most latterly within the field of economic development.
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The Cinematic Musée Imaginaire of spatial cultural differences [CineMuseSpace]
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/cinematic-musee
This project uses cinematic representations of space from films to undertake a cross cultural study of space.
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Vacation placements
https://le.ac.uk/geology/study/undergraduate/careers/vacation-placements
A number of our students have been fortunate enough to gain from vacation placements while at Leicester.
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Research aims to improve sleep for people with dementia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/dementia-sleep
Leicester expertise in behavioural science will feed into a research programme helping to find new ways of supporting people with dementia who experience problems with sleep. Across the world, around 55 million people have dementia. Up to 90% of them experience problems sleeping.
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Agreement opens a new route for Canada students to study law in the UK
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/humber
The University of Leicester has strengthened its Canadian connections after signing an agreement with Toronto’s Humber Polytechnic.
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People Behind the Headlines: Humanitarian Society
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/03/14/people-behind-the-headlines-humanitarian-society/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 14, 2024 The UoL Humanitarian Society has won 2 awards for its monthly newsletter, People Behind the Headlines .
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Femicide
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/01/02/femicide/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 2, 2024 Gender-related killings of women and girls The latest UN Women-sponsored report suggests that nearly women 89,000 died because of intimate partner/family-related violence in 2022.
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Database of Terrorist Incidents
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/02/02/database-of-terrorist-incidents/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 2, 2011 https://wits.nctc.gov/FederalDiscoverWITS/index.do?N=0 The National Counterterrorism Centre (NCTC) maintains the US Government’s database on terrorist attacks.
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Black Social Worker Oral History Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/black-social-worker-oral-history-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 This project is led by staff at Coventry University’s Centre for Peace and Security.