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Groundbreaking event marks the start of extension to Students Union building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/groundbreaking-event-marks-the-start-of-extension-to-students-union-building
Construction has officially commenced on an ambitious £21 million extension to the Students’ Union building.
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METOO digital Project Schlesinger Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/11/metoo-digital-project-schlesinger-library/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 11, 2020 Major archival project from the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America which is based at Harvard University.
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Library Special Collections: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 8
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/page/8/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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2024
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024
Obituaries for members of the University community who have died in 2024.
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Report suggests delaying school entry for preterm babies may not be the answer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/report-suggests-delaying-school-entry-for-preterm-babies-may-not-be-the-answer
A new report launched today suggests that prematurely born babies are more likely to have learning difficulties at school age, and the risk increases the earlier they are born.
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Expert opinions cover the eight principles underlying tumour growth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/expert-opinions-cover-the-eight-principles-underlying-tumour-growth
PhD student Mohan Harihar from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology has written an article for Think: Leicester explaining the eight ‘Hallmarks of Cancer’.
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Wider-reaching solutions urgently needed to reach realistic ‘net zero’, warn researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/landscape-decisions-net-zero
The group do, however, recognise that “swift action is essential, otherwise we head deeper towards an inability to reach net zero carbon targets, contribute to biodiversity collapse and, promote societal disengagement with landscapes”.
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Love Island, body image and mental health
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/06/love-island-body-image-and-mental-health/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 6, 2020 Reality TV ? Does it harm mental health With the recent death of Love Island reality TV presenter Caroline Flack we have been reminded that a number of contestants on the show have...
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BBC handbook online
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/26/bbc-handbook-online/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 26, 2021 The BBC Hand Book was first issued in 1928 and published until 1987 when it became annual reports.
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Leicester academic to chair expert panel at the British Library
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/17-dr-emma-parker-joe-orton-british-library
Dr Emma Parker, Associate Professor of Postwar and Contemporary Literature in the University of Leicester’s Department of English, will chair a star-studded panel discussion on Joe Orton’s 1969 play What the Butler Saw at the British Library on Tuesday 23 April 2019.