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New project to collect evidence of modern slavery among adult websites
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/modern-slavery-adult-websites
Adult service websites and their users have a key role to play in preventing modern slavery, according to a leading criminologist from the University of Leicester.
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Professor Kamlesh Khunti receives Lifetime Achievement Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/kamlesh-khunti-award
A distinguished Leicester academic who has earned himself a global reputation has been presented a top accolade for his remarkable career achievements.
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New strategic partnership to explore four-dimensional first order controls on nickel mineral systems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/bhp-ev-metals
The project and partnership with BHP has developed directly from recent work by the Leicester-UWA group that has shed new light on the processes involved in the sources and transport mechanisms of metals through the lithosphere in magmatic systems, published in Nature...
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New robot to detect Parkinson’s disease could be used on humans in the next 5 years
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/parkinsons-robot
Parkinson’s disease is caused by a loss of nerve cells in part of the brain called the substantia nigra. As a result, dopamine – a chemical that helps to regulate movement of the body – drops.
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Giving refugees a voice in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr/refugee-eltu
In partnership with Leicester City of Sanctuary, our English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) offers free English classes to asylum seekers and refugees, open to people with all levels of English fluency.
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Gau Naik
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/entrepreneurs-in-residence/gau-naik
Gau Naik is a highly accomplished professional with a wide-ranging background in business, marketing, and technology.
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Cardiovascular research centre is seeking the next generation of researchers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/cardiovascular-research-centre-seeking-next-generation-researchers
A ground-breaking new cardiovascular research centre is forging ahead with plans to bring on the next generation of researchers.
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Wiener Digital Collections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/02/28/wiener-digital-collections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 28, 2025 The Weiner Holocaust Library in London has expanded its online materials.
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Economic Wellbeing Explorer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/economic-wellbeing-explorer/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 This new data resource has been recently launched by Smart Data Foundry.
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World Kindness day 13th November
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/16/world-kindness-day-13th-november/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2020 To celebrate this, some special social sciences resources. The world giving index from CAF measures giving to charity and willingness to help a stranger amongst individuals.