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Leicester sociologist named as UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship winner
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/diego-garcia-rodriguez-ukri-future-leader-fellowship
The University of Leicester's Dr Diego García Rodríguez has been named as one of 77 talented early career researchers to receive funding from the UKRI's Future Leaders Fellowship.
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Honorary Professor to deliver prestigious Harveian Oration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/harveian-oration-feehally-leicester-professor
John Feehally, Honorary Professor of Renal Medicine at the University of Leicester, will deliver the prestigious 2025 Harveian Oration later this month.
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Shahid Sheikh OBE
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/entrepreneurs-in-residence/shahid-sheikh-obe
Shahid Sheikh OBE is an entrepreneur and Director of Clifton Packaging Group Ltd (formed in 1981) which today proudly stands amongst the best in the world of flexible packing, supplying mainly the FMCG food industry with a turnover of over £35 million.
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LGBT tolerance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/lgbt-tolerence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 Survey of LGBT Americans- attitudes experiences and values Latest data from Pew research. Findings include more acceptance, however at the same time discrimination continues.
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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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Don’t Look Away: No place for exclusion of LGBTI students (UNESCO)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/dont-look-away-no-place-for-exclusion-of-lgbti-students-unesco/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 International LGBTQI Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO) and UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report released findings from research and surveys on the situation of LGBTQI...
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Media in the Age of Cybersurveillance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/20/media-in-the-age-of-cybersurveillance/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2015 What is the nature, extent and impact of Internet surveillance on journalism? This question is considered in a new report Watching the watchdogs just released by CIMA (Center for...
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International Day of the Girl – 11th October
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/10/16/international-day-of-the-girl-11th-october/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 16, 2018 Girls ‘banned from using mobile phones’ in many nations Shocking findings from a global survey released on the International Day of the Girl.
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International Equal Pay Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/09/25/international-equal-pay-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2020 18th September is designated International Equal pay day Some key documents are: Human Rights Council resolution on Equal Pay (2019) ILO Centenary...
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Euro debt crisis
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/11/16/euro-debt-crisis/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2012 Recently Pew Global Attitudes report stated that it has rocked European unity The Guardian datablog has produced some excellent charts with facts and figures on financial data.