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• 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.

• University Provost discusses proposals for universities to run schools

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/university-provost-discusses-proposals-for-universities-to-run-schools

  The University’s Provost Professor Mark Peel has written a piece for the Times Educational Supplement discussing the Government’s consultation paper ‘Schools that work for everyone’ – asking whether universities should also be required to run a school.

• Professor Alison Snape

  https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/council/membership/alison-snape

  Professor Alison Snape is one of the elected Senate representatives on Council appointed in June 2025. Professor Snape is currently the Head of the School of Biological Sciences.

• University researchers contribute to major BBC documentary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/university-of-leicester-researchers-contribute-to-major-bbc-documentary

  A team from our Department of Engineering has contributed to a major upcoming BBC documentary on sound.

• The clock: a true measurement of time?

  https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/clock

  Read the article "The clock: a true measurement of time?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.

• University of Leicester presents at Gateway to China event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-of-leicester-presents-at-gateway-to-china-event

  Our University has played a key role in the “Gateway to China” a one-day event that was part of the last edition of the Leicester Business Festival.

• Life sciences industry partnering meetings now taking bookings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/life-sciences-industry-partnering-meetings-now-taking-bookings

  The IAX showcase event on Wednesday 16 May at Winstanley House, Leicester, is the first activity in the University’s new 18-month IAX programme funded through the Medical Research Council’s Proximity to Discovery Scheme.

• Sole2Soul: Narrate, Curate, Rejuvenate

  https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/projects/sole2soul

  Sole2Soul promotes meaningful intergenerational exchange between “silver champions” (project participants aged over 55) and teenagers about artefacts from the Boot and Shoe exhibit at Harborough Museum.

• Multiple long-term conditions affect more than 14 per cent of English population, research finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/multiple-conditions

  Imperial College London and University of Leicester researchers have been involved in the largest ever study on multiple long-term conditions which has found that nearly 15 per cent of people in England are currently living with two or more health disorders.

• The mystery of the impossible black hole

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/11/11/mystery-impossible-black-hole/

  In September 2020 the LIGO/Virgo team announced the detection of two black holes merging. Two impossible black holes.