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Expert opinions cover overdiagnosis and the departure of Sam Allardyce as England football manager
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/expert-opinions-cover-overdiagnosis-and-the-departure-of-sam-allardyce
John Williams from the School of Media, Communication and Sociology has written an article for The Conversation discussing the departure of Sam Allardyce from the job of England football manager.
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African American Members of the U.S.Congress, 1870-2020
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/11/african-american-members-of-the-u-s-congress-1870-2020/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 11, 2021 The latest Congressional research service report now has updated data. It incudes total numbers, data on each congress and party affiliations.
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Figures from University feature on King Richard III Pall
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/figures-from-university-feature-on-king-richard-iii-pall
Figures from the University of Leicester feature on the pall that covered the coffin of King Richard III. The embroidered funeral pall was revealed at a reception service for the monarch at Leicester Cathedral on 22 March.
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How did UK newspapers report the 2016 EU referendum campaigns?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/12/how-did-uk-newspapers-report-the-2016-eu-referendum-campaigns/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 12, 2017 Download the latest fascinating research from Kings College London. It is the first complete survey of over 351,000 articles from news outlets published over a 20-week period.
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Professor Paul Monks to join BEIS as new Chief Scientific Advisor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/professor-paul-monks-to-join-beis-as-new-chief-scientific-advisor
The University of Leicester’s Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry and Earth Observation Science Paul Monks is to join the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as its new Chief Scientific Advisor.
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LEGO: The Anti-Corporate Corporation?*
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/03/05/lego-the-anti-corporate-corporation/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on March 5, 2014 Martin Parker, Professor and Culture and Organisation at the School, underlines the apparent paradox of the popularity of anti-corporate sentiment within contemporary culture.
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Book Group: The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/04/07/april-book-group-the-ordeal-of-gilbert-pinfold/
An account of our Book Group discussion of The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, written up by Ian Truslove.
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Esteemed academics from top UK universities to take part in Black in Academia panel event at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/esteemed-academics-from-top-uk-universities-to-take-part-in-2018black-in-academia2019-panel-event-at-leicester
An upcoming event at the University of Leicester will see some of Britain’s leading academic minds take part in a discussion on equality in Higher Education on Thursday 26 October.
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Birmingham Museum Trust Vision
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/birmingham-museum-trust-vision
In 2021, RCMG was approached by Sara Wajid and Zak Mensah, Co-CEOs of Birmingham Museums Trust (BMT) to work with People Make it Work and the staff and trustees of BMT to create a manifesto for an ethical approach to museum making, and work collaboratively, exploring its...
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Celebrating the Chinese New Year on campus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/celebrating-the-chinese-new-year-on-campus
Celebrations for the Chinese New Year (CNY) will begin today and the University and Students’ Union are marking the incoming Year of the Rooster in a number of ways: Free fortune cookies and red envelopes with prizes in the Percy Gee Building CNY decorations in the Charles...