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Find and manage research information
https://le.ac.uk/library/research-support/find-and-manage-research-information
Literature searching, systematic reviews, reference management, training, advice
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Council
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/council
The Council is the University's supreme governing body. Council is responsible for taking all final decisions on matters of fundamental concern to the institution.
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Stoneygate Scholarship
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/scholarships-bursaries-discounts/stoneygate
To honour the founding spirit of our university, we are awarding 100 Centenary Scholarships of £1,000 to undergraduate students beginning their studies in September 2018.
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University of Leicester is =26th in the world for research quality in latest global ranking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/26th-research-quality-global-ranking-times-higher-education
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 place Leicester =26th for research quality and positions Leicester 192nd overall out of 2191 institutions
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The Geology Award
https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/scholarships-bursaries-discounts/geology
Learn more about the Geology Award, from Metal Focus Ltd.
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Is Britain Fairer?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/18/is-britain-fairer-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2016 A major new report launched last week by the Equality and Human Rights Commission examines the nature of disadvantage in Britain in 2016.
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Economists on Twitter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/12/economists-on-twitter/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 12, 2016 The working paper site RePEc has just launched its own directory of economists who tweet.
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Biotechnology YES and Environment YES
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2015/03/30/biotech-yes-and-environ-yes/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on March 30, 2015 Once again applications are open for the 2015 versions of Biotechnology YES and Environment YES .
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Is working overtime bad for you? Some interesting evidence from Higher education.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/24/is-working-overtime-bad-for-you-some-interesting-evidence-from-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 24, 2019 This article mentioned in the Times Higher last week had the headline Do some overtime (but not too much) It is based on this article: Fontinha, R., Easton, S., & Van Laar, D.
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49% of adults in the UK use social media for news
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/08/02/49-of-adults-in-the-uk-use-social-media-for-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 2, 2019 Fascinating fact from the Latest Ofcom news consumption in the UK annual report. Yet only 37% trust social media. Get the full facts by downloading the report from the website.