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European Encyclopaedia on National Education Systems
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/21/european-encyclopaedia-on-national-education-systems/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 21, 2013 EURYPEDIA Useful new tool which has encyclopaedia style entries on the education systems of over 30 nations in Europe.
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Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/03/30/nelson-mandela-digital-archive-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 30, 2012 http://archives.nelsonmandela.org/#!home New resource created by Google in association with the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory to commemorate the life and political career of the man.
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Delivering Sexual Harassment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/01/18/delivering-sexual-harassment/
Posted by Jo B in School of Business Blog on January 18, 2018 In our first blog of the new year, Professor Jo Brewis explores the ways in which the gig economy is providing an insidious new means for women to be exposed to sexual harassment.
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180 new medics graduate early to join fight against COVID-19
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/medics-graduate
Medicine students from the University of Leicester will graduate early today, to join the NHS in the fight against coronavirus.
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University of Leicester to spend £1m on making research more inclusive
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/diverse-research
The University of Leicester has bolstered its commitment to inclusivity within research after securing £1m from the Wellcome Trust.
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Occupy Wall Street protest site
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/10/17/occupy-wall-street-protest-site/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2011 http://occupywallst.org/ This website is a good example of the Internet being used to organise protests. The website includes user generated maps, video streams and organisers materials.
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University renews pledge for diversity in space
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/space-census
The University of Leicester has today (Tuesday) reaffirmed its commitment to driving diversity in the UK space industry, following publication of the 2020 Space Census.
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Students need “clarity and consistency”, says Leicester Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/clarity-a-level-results-nishan-canagarajah
The University of Leicester has today responded to the Government’s decision to base students’ A level and GCSE results on their teachers’ assessments.
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Sexual violence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/22/sexual-violence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 22, 2018 The International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in conflict was held on the 19 th June. R ead what Angelina Jolie said about this in a 2016 LSE event.
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Leicester universities work with GPs to put interprofessional care on the curriculum
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-universities-work-with-gps-to-put-interprofessional-care-on-the-curriculum
University of Leicester medical academics have played a leading role in the development of a new programme that puts pharmacy students at De Montfort University (DMU) into primary care to work and learn with medical students.