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• Corruption in developing countries

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/09/05/corruption-in-developing-countries/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 5, 2014 Trillion Dollar Scandal A New One Report which exposes corruption in developing countries.  It argues that more than 3.

• Is Your News Fake?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/02/is-your-news-fake/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 2, 2017 Concerns about fake news are increasingly dominating the headlines and studies have shown that students often have difficulty evaluating the truth of resources .

• Economics of the Oscars

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/13/economics-of-the-oscars/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2018 As the winners of the Academy awards 2018 have been announced, here are some social science sites for locating materials on the economics of the Oscars.

• Museum Data Service

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/18/museum-data-service/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2024 Museum Data Service is a cross-sector catalogue which aims to provide access to over 100 million records from 1,750 UK museums.

• Professor Mustafa Arici

  https://le.ac.uk/respiratory-sciences/alumni/mustafa-arici

  Find out more about Professor Mustafa Arici, alumnus of the University of Leicester Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation. He is Professor of Medicine (Nephrology) at Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey.

• Project to provide scientists with access to worlds largest highenergy gammaray observatory

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/project-to-provide-scientists-with-access-to-worlds-largest-high-energy-gamma-ray-observatory

  Our University is part of a new project that will provide scientists with access to the world’s largest and most sensitive high-energy gamma-ray observatory. CTA is a global initiative to build the world’s largest and most sensitive high-energy gamma-ray observatory.

• Our partners

  https://le.ac.uk/nihr-rss/partners

  Find out more about the network of expert research groups that back the RSS Hub.

• The Planeterrella: an amazing polar light simulator

  https://le.ac.uk/physics/outreach/the-planeterrella

  The University of Leicester is home to a Planeterrella - a small vacuum chamber within which we recreate auroral lights around magnetic spheres, and visualise cosmic phenomena. Find out how your school can arrange a booking.

• Anthony Pither

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2022/anthony-pither

  We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Anthony Pither, the University’s last Director of Music.

• Local school pupil presents at national event with help from Leicester engineers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/local-school-pupil-presents-at-national-event-with-help-from-leicester-engineers

  A young learner from Leicestershire has had her work showcased at a national science event thanks to the support from engineers at the University.