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Global Abortion Policies Database launched
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/06/30/global-abortion-policies-database-launched/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 30, 2017 Free access to this new resource created by UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) which enables...
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Global Gender Pay Gap report
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/04/15/global-gender-pay-gap-report/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2021 Closing the gender pay gap will take 135 years according to shocking statistics from the latest Economic Forum report This report benchmarks the evolution of...
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Leicester’s global and colonial history explored through a basketry collection
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/september/dryad-baskets
An exhibition showcasing the basket collection of Leicester entrepreneur Harry Peach has gone on display at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery
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Spotlight on CLANet -- Deep learning in cell line authentication
https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/research/life-health-sciences/clanet
CLANet is an AI framework developed by Professor H Zhou's and collaborators, and funded by AstraZeneca Ltd. Cell line authentication plays a crucial role in the biomedical field, ensuring researchers work with accurately identified cells.
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First global report on smuggling of migrants
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/22/first-global-report-on-smuggling-of-migrants/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 22, 2018 Just released by UNODC, the first report on the nature and impact of the smuggling of migrants . It includes infographics and data on numbers and routes plus profiles.
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A World in Motion: The Rise of a Global Economy, 1783-1914
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs2318
Module code: HS2318 This module introduces you to the history of the global economy from the end of the American war of independence to the eve of the First World War, a time when economic change transformed the lives of millions of people.
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Geographies of Health and Wellbeing
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy3419
Module code: GY3419 Health and wellbeing are shaped by the spaces and places in which we live, move, work and play. The module explores the ways in which geography, environment, and social determinants influence health and wellbeing, and how these factors are interconnected.
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Geographies of Health and Wellbeing
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gy3419
Module code: GY3419 Health and wellbeing are shaped by the spaces and places in which we live, move, work and play. The module explores the ways in which geography, environment, and social determinants influence health and wellbeing, and how these factors are interconnected.
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Geographies of Health and Wellbeing
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy3419
Module code: GY3419 Health and wellbeing are shaped by the spaces and places in which we live, move, work and play. The module explores the ways in which geography, environment, and social determinants influence health and wellbeing, and how these factors are interconnected.
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Leicester to host national summit focusing on adult learning
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/leicester-to-host-national-summit-focusing-on-adult-learning
On 25 November the University will host a special one-day national summit on widening access, retention and success for mature learners in higher education. The summit is being organised by NEON, the professional body for widening access and social mobility.