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Global State of Freedom of Information is ‘worrying’…
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/03/global-state-of-freedom-of-information-is-worrying/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2016 …according to the annual Open Data Barometer from the World Wide Web Foundation. It says that only 50% of the 92 included countries have ‘reasonably strong’ laws.
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Satellite data reveals source of increased global atmospheric methane between 2020-2021
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/satellite-data-methane
New research into the causes of the unprecedented increase in global atmospheric methane in 2020 and 2021 uses data from the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) based at the University of Leicester.
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Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2018
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/01/04/global-multidimensional-poverty-index-mpi-2018/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 4, 2019 Just released from the United Nations development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), the latest edition of this index with an online data...
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Voluntary sector, learning disabilities and autism, and digital inequalities webinars
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/06/13/voluntary-sector-learning-disabilities-and-autism-and-digital-inequalities-webinars/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 13, 2025 The Centre for Health Promotion Research at Leeds Beckett University has launched a series of free online webinars covering tips and guidance.
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Learning & Teaching Opportunities in Far East Asia (China, Japan & South Korea)
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/events/learning-and-teaching-opportunities
We hold information sessions to provide details about a Summer School in Japan and three teaching programmes aimed at final year students in China, Japan and South Korea, two lectures on Asian life, culture and opportunities and three taster sessions.
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Course documentation
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/courses
Explore the University of Leicester’s postgraduate courses. Find full-time and part-time Master’s programmes across a wide range of disciplines, with expert teaching and career-focused learning.
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Inclusive curriculum will ensure “HE is fit for the 21st century”, says Leicester academic
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/inclusive-education
An inclusive curriculum will create a Higher Education system that is “fit for the 21st century”, a leading academic at the University of Leicester has said.
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New research on global surface ozone levels highlights regions and populations most affected by air pollution
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/new-research-on-global-surface-ozone-levels-highlights-regions-and-populations-most-affected-by-air-pollution
New research led by the Universities of Leicester and Edinburgh and a number of institutions worldwide has analysed ozone levels across the globe, with some regions of East Asia showing increasing levels of ozone air pollution.
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High praise for Leicester data mining teams research into trauma patient deaths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/high-praise-for-leicester-data-mining-team2019s-research-into-trauma-patient-deaths
A successful collaboration between the Leicester Applied Mathematics data mining team together with colleagues from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences examining mortality after trauma has been highlighted as ‘honoured’ and ‘esteemed’ by the journal Computers in Biology...
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Global study reveals new hypertension and blood pressure genes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/global-study-reveals-new-hypertension-and-blood-pressure-genes
Thirty-one new gene regions linked with blood pressure have been identified in one of the largest genetic studies of blood pressure to date, involving over 347,000 people, and jointly led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the University of Cambridge, with...