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Workplace menopause study by Leicester academics finds women feel they need to cope alone
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/workplace-menopause-study-by-leicester-experts-finds-2018women-feel-they-need-to-cope-alone2019
A call for more menopause-friendly workplaces is made in a new Government report prepared by a team from our University.
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Leicester receives major award for leading role in new space science mission SMILE
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-receives-major-award-for-leading-role-in-new-space-science-mission-smile
UK academic institutions including our University will lead an international solar-terrestrial and space weather mission, taking on the development of a major science instrument thanks to funding from the UK Space Agency.
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Space Interpreters from University of Leicester join the National Space Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/science-interpreters
Students from the University will be spending 6 weeks building their public engagement skills with visitors to the National Space Centre
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Internationally renowned novelist joins Leicester’s top academics to discuss why climate change has been banished from fiction books
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/dr-amitav-ghosh
Distinguished author and Booker prize nominee, Dr Amitav Ghosh, will join top scientists and a world-leading historian to explore how the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences have shaped, and can shape, our thinking about the climate emergency.
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Government review identifies harmful impact of overprescription
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/overprescription
A healthcare improvement expert based at the University of Leicester has contributed to a new Government report which suggests many patients are being prescribed unnecessary and even harmful treatments.
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Outreach
https://le.ac.uk/english/outreach
Staff in English at the University of Leicester are committed to presenting their work outside Higher Education, and to discussing research ideas beyond the university. Find out about our talks, events, public readings, local education projects and more.
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Centre for Academic Achievement
https://le.ac.uk/library/academic-achievement
Support and resources for students. Includes maths and statistics, academic writing, dissertations, assignments, preparing for exams, referencing. Academic skills academic achievement
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The Diversifying and Decolonising Economics (D-Econ) Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/06/the-diversifying-and-decolonising-economics-d-econ-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 6, 2024 An online resource showcasing research of scholars from under-represented backgrounds taking non-mainstream approaches to economics.
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Booker Prize winner 2024
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/14/booker-prize-winner-2024/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 14, 2024 Congratulations to Samantha Harvey on winning the Booker Prize with Orbital. Find it in the library Reading Lounge (Ground floor) at 823.92 HAR.
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Women’s History Advent Calendar
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/11/29/womens-history-advent-calendar/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 29, 2024 Starting on 1st December, a window to open every day till Christmas https://calendar.myadvent.net/?id=nt1kee5497mdo9efkzij7kqyil69xnum to learn about women’s history.