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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.
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Local children enjoy making money for number project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/local-children-enjoy-2018making-money2019-for-number-project
Hundreds of local children have been drawing their own £100 notes - and thousands of these designs are on display from Saturday in the Victorian Gallery at New Walk Museum.
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Approaches to nuclear warfighting
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/approaches-to-nuclear-2018war-fighting2019
A new study by a University academic argues that current passive and static conceptualizations of Chinese approaches to nuclear and conventional deterrence are no longer appropriate.
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Research suggests exercise counteracts sitting time
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/research-suggests-exercise-counteracts-sitting-time
Office workers can stave off health problems associated with sitting down all day by regularly exercising, a new study from the Leicester Diabetes Centre has found.
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School Partnerships
https://le.ac.uk/education/school-partnerships
The University of Leicester collaborates closely with the teaching profession and schools through a number of highly regarded and well-established partnerships. Find out about our University-school partnerships.
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Arab Development Portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/03/arab-development-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 3, 2016 An initiative of the Coordination Group of Arab, National and Regional Development Institutions (CG), the Islamic Development Bank and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID),...
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Peacebuilding Impact Hub
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/12/15/peacebuilding-impact-hub/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 15, 2023 Peacebuilding Impact Hub Launched by UN DPPA’s Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO), in collaboration with the Permanent Missions of Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, and South...
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2016 summer Olympics and Paralympics web archives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/11/04/2016-summer-olympics-and-paralympics-web-archives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 4, 2016 Free access via the Archive-It service to material collected by the International Internet Preservation Consortium (IIPC) There are over 4,000 materials from a range of...
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Lobbying in the EU
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/04/20/lobbying-in-the-eu/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2015 Released this week by Transparency International a report on the state of regulation of political lobbying in 19 European nations and by the EU.
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Conflict, Justice and Peace platform
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/10/04/conflict-justice-and-peace-platform/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2024 The LSE have launched the Conflict, Justice, and Peace (CJP) platform https://www.lse.ac.