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17th Century Adventures in Travel Writing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/01/07/17th-century-adventures-in-travel-writing/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on January 7, 2015 In 1627, at the age of only 21, Sir Thomas Herbert travelled to Persia and India as a low-ranking member of Charles I’s embassy to Shah Abbas I.
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Gender discrimination in the UK.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/24/gender-discrimination-in-the-uk/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2016 Following on from last week’s TUC report which found that ‘Women who become mothers before 33 earn 15% less’, the UK Government this week released the results of a survey on pregnancy...
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Are Britons suffering too much stress?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/27/are-britons-suffering-too-much-stress/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 27, 2016 Certainly this month examinations cause anxiety for many! The ONS released some shocking statistics which showed a rise in student suicides in England and Wales 2014.
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Sue Townsend events
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/27/sue-townsend-bike-tour/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 27, 2022 Adrian Mole To mark the 40th anniversary of the publication of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 and 3/4, an exhibition from the Sue Townsend Archive is currently on display...
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Understanding Society – new website
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/03/04/understanding-society-new-website/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2013 UK Household Longitudinal Study has launched its new website: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.
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Occupy Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/11/11/occupy-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 11, 2011 Another site archiving protest materials. This one http://occupyarchive.
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Senate Regulation 5, exceptional variation for students who were due to graduate in 2020
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-5/exceptions/5-3
5.1 Variation from this scheme will normally only be permitted where there is a requirement from a professional or statutory legal body, and must be approved by the Education Committee. Any such variations shall be specified in the programme specification.
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Senate Regulation 5: Students who commenced their studies before 2018/19 and are due to graduate in 2021 or later
https://le.ac.uk/policies/regulations/senate-regulations/senate-regulation-5/exceptions/5-4
5.1 Variation from this scheme will normally only be permitted where there is a requirement from a professional or statutory legal body, and must be approved by the Education Committee. Any such variations shall be specified in the programme specification.
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The Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/lias
The Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies (LIAS) is an interdisciplinary centre of excellence.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/hercules/people
The Hercules project is a University-wide collaboration at Leicester supported by EPSRC.