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Leicester sociologist named as UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship winner
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/diego-garcia-rodriguez-ukri-future-leader-fellowship
The University of Leicester's Dr Diego García Rodríguez has been named as one of 77 talented early career researchers to receive funding from the UKRI's Future Leaders Fellowship.
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Honorary Professor to deliver prestigious Harveian Oration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/harveian-oration-feehally-leicester-professor
John Feehally, Honorary Professor of Renal Medicine at the University of Leicester, will deliver the prestigious 2025 Harveian Oration later this month.
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Shahid Sheikh OBE
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/entrepreneurs-in-residence/shahid-sheikh-obe
Shahid Sheikh OBE is an entrepreneur and Director of Clifton Packaging Group Ltd (formed in 1981) which today proudly stands amongst the best in the world of flexible packing, supplying mainly the FMCG food industry with a turnover of over £35 million.
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New award for improving agricultural monitoring from Space
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/03/25/new-award-for-improving-agricultural-monitoring-from-space/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 25 March 2020 Leicester physicists have recently been awarded a Met Office Newton grant to monitor vegetation health and stress from Space Food security has always been a major strategic issue related to...
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Where is the Best Place to Grow old?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/09/25/where-is-the-best-place-to-grow-old/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 25, 2015 Find out by consulting the Global Agewatch Index 2015 from HelpAge International which ranks 96 nations .
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Digital development
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/08/11/digital-development/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 11, 2017 Digital Planet is an interdisciplinary research initiative of The Fletcher School’s Institute for Business in the Global Context.
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International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (November 2nd)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/11/01/international-day-to-end-impunity-for-crimes-against-journalists-november-2nd/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 1, 2019 The United Nations has designated 2 November as International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.
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An economy for the 1%?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/an-economy-for-the-1/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 The World Economic Forum opens at Davos this week with the release of its 2016 Global Risks report .
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Sri Lanka terrorism threats; get some academic facts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/05/03/sri-lanka-terrorism-threats-get-some-academic-facts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 3, 2019 The recent terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka have left the world in shock.
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20% of women have experienced some kind of sexual assault since the age of 16
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/02/09/20-of-women-have-experienced-some-kind-of-sexual-assault-since-the-age-of-16/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2018 Latest shocking data from the UK Office of National Statistics. This compares with 4% of men. See the methodology and full report on the website.