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Rugby star’s inspirational journey from training ground catastrophe sees him honoured by the University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/matt-hampson
A former Leicester Tigers rugby player who was paralysed in an England U21 training session has been honoured by the University of Leicester for helping others who have suffered similar catastrophic injuries through sport.
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Unfiltered News
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/06/unfiltered-news/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2016 Launched by Jigsaw in April 2016, t his site seeks to expose those news stories which are being under-reported by the media in different areas of the world using Google Newsdata.
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Museum Data Service
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/09/18/museum-data-service/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 18, 2024 Museum Data Service is a cross-sector catalogue which aims to provide access to over 100 million records from 1,750 UK museums.
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Home and away in early England
https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/projects/home-and-away-in-early-england
Academic advisors: Dr Richard Jones and Professor Jo Story Research Associate: Dr Morn Capper Diasporas create environments within which people are not only forced to create new homes but to think deeply about the homes they have abandoned.
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Saturday 11th August Sol 5
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/08/11/saturday-11th-august-sol-5/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 11, 2012 The software upload is going ahead as planned. This gives us a breathing space to review the images and plan ahead.
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Modern Classics: A Frost in May (14th)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2016/04/19/modern-classics-a-frost-in-may-14th/
Meeting details for the Modern Classics Book Group's discussion of A Frost in May
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Green Party leader to speak at Careers event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/green-party-leader-to-speak-at-careers-event
The leader of the Green Party Natalie Bennett will be speaking to and meeting a number of students at an event on Wednesday 24 February.
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Students prepare for epic five-day Shakespeare Marathon
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/students-prepare-for-epic-five-day-shakespeare-marathon
This spring marked the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death in 1616 and in commemoration, Leicester University Theatre (LUT) is taking on the challenge of performing the complete works of Shakespeare back-to-back, 24 hours a day from Monday 13 – Friday 17 June.
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Aircraft keep tabs on the Amazons rising methane levels
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/greenhouse-gas-monitoring-aircraft-keep-tabs-on-the-amazon2019s-rising-methane-levels
Research led by the National Centre of Earth Observation is going to new heights in the atmosphere to get a better handle on methane emitted from wetlands in the Amazon.
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Study suggests NHS policies are failing to stop bullying by managers and staff sickness
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/study-suggests-nhs-policies-are-failing-to-stop-bullying-by-managers-and-staff-sickness
Bullying and discrimination by NHS managers has led to absences among mental health workers, and past policies have failed to stop this, research shows.