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20% of women have experienced some kind of sexual assault since the age of 16
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/09/20-of-women-have-experienced-some-kind-of-sexual-assault-since-the-age-of-16/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2018 Latest shocking data from the UK Office of National Statistics. This compares with 4% of men. See the methodology and full report on the website.
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Tree rings reveal increasing rainfall seasonality in the Amazon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/tree-rings-increasing-rainfall-seasonality-amazon
Study involving University of Leicester researcher shows intensified seasonal cycles, with wet seasons are getting wetter and dry seasons drier, increasing the dangers of flooding and drought
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Explosion-hunting telescope tested by Leicester space scientists ready for launch
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/einstein-probe-leicester
University of Leicester experts tested optics for the Einstein Probe, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
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UK team to lead European mission to study new planets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/uk-team-to-lead-european-mission-to-study-new-planets
The ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey) mission was selected as the next European Space Agency (ESA) science mission, putting UK leadership at the heart of research into planets that lie outside our solar system -- exoplanets.
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Documents of the History of Art
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ha2319
Module code: HA2319 (double module) This module will introduce you to a range of art historical documents, from artist’s notes, sketches, diaries and letters, to biographical accounts and avant-garde manifestoes.
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Event kickstarts drive to bring multi-million pound funding to East Midlands’ creative and cultural industries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/kickstart-multi-million-pound-funding-east-midlands-creative-cultural-industries
Companies such as Google, IBM and Adobe were represented alongside the region’s business leaders, academics, funders and policymakers at The Future of the Creative and Cultural Industries event on 18 June.
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Taube Archive of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, 1945-1946
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/03/27/taube-archive-of-the-international-military-tribunal-at-nuremberg-1945-1946/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 27, 2023 The archive of the IMT is now online via the Stanford Libraries and the Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice website .
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/84/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Leicester retains the HR Excellence in Research Award after four-year audit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-retains-the-hr-excellence-in-research-award-after-four-year-audit
Leicester signed up to the Concordat for the Career Development of Researchers in 2011.
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Museums and the Natural Environment
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mu7555
Module code: MU7555 In this module you'll explore key issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental sustainability, while considering how museums are involved in terms of research by contributing to our understanding of processes and their impact.