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Women from Universitys past inspire its future on International Womens Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/women-from-university2019s-past-inspire-its-future-on-international-women2019s-day
The inspirational stories of women working in universities and science will be told to encourage staff and students to #pressforprogress in gender equality.
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180 new medics graduate early to join fight against COVID-19
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/may/medics-graduate
Medicine students from the University of Leicester will graduate early today, to join the NHS in the fight against coronavirus.
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Transforming space exploration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/transforming-space-exploration
Our University is spearheading the development of new power generation technologies for space exploration as part of a European Space Agency funded programme.
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Lift-off for Sentinel-3B climate satellite for real time data
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/lift-off-for-sentinel-3b-climate-satellite-for-real-time-data
Scientists at the National Centre of Earth Observation (NCEO) today welcomed the successful launch of the newest satellite in Europe’s Copernicus programme, Sentinel-3B.
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Leicester space scientists developing innovative camera system to detect most luminous objects in universe
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-space-scientists-developing-innovative-camera-system-to-detect-most-luminous-objects-in-universe
The latest iteration of the Cherenkov Telescope Array’s (CTA) science case, Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array, has been made available via the CTA website library and arXiv and will be published in a special edition of International Journal of Modern Physics D in the...
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About us
https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/contemporary-environments/anthropocene-research-group/about-us
As the Interdisciplinary Anthropocene Research Group we are researching global challenges and exploring the complex ways in which socio-economic ecosystems impact the Earth System.
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Leicester team shows how to reduce carbon emissions from agricultural peatland
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-team-shows-how-to-reduce-carbon-emissions-from-agricultural-peatland
Raising the water table could slow down global warming, boost crop yields, and preserve peat soils according to a new study.
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ACLED Conflict Index 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/12/13/acled-conflict-index-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2024 ACLED Conflict Index 2024 Get reputable data from the team who measure and assess political violence worldwide using indicators based on deadliness, danger to civilians, geographic...
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Universities and colleges receive 245 million to tackle sexual harassment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/universities-and-colleges-receive-ps2-45-million-to-tackle-sexual-harassment
HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) has awarded grants to over 60 projects in universities – including University of Leicester - and colleges across the country which address concerns about sexual violence and harassment on campus.
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Who trusts advertising ?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/23/who-trusts-advertising/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 23, 2015 Free to download from the Nielsen site a report on global trust in advertising. It considers whether people trust traditional media more than the internet online and mobile.