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Genetics and law for higher education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/higher-education/law
We cover genetic-related issues that are in the news and where the legislation has affected how they are used.
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Expert panel visiting Leicester to take Brexit questions - spaces still available
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/expert-panel-visiting-leicester-to-take-brexit-questions
Yesterday (17 January), Prime Minister Theresa May gave a highly anticipated speech on Brexit in which she said the UK "cannot possibly" remain within the European single market, as staying in it would mean "not leaving the EU at all".
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University of Leicester partners with local Violence Reduction Network and Home Office to tackle violent crime
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/serious-violence
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Violence Reduction Network, in partnership with the University of Leicester and the Home Office, will welcome policy-makers, practitioners and academics from across the UK to share new research insights and best practice on preventing and...
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Study finds plastic is changing the behaviour of the world’s river sediment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/july/catherine-russell
A University of Leicester expert has led a study which has found plastic pollution is changing the way riverbeds behave.
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Marina Spunta
https://le.ac.uk/people/marina-spunta
The academic profile of Dr Marina Spunta, Associate Professor of Italian at University of Leicester
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Advancing the protection of migrants human rights
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/advancing-the-protection-of-migrants2019-human-rights
Leicester Law School lecturer Alan Desmond has recently edited an international collaborative book on the UN Migrant Workers Convention and its potential to advance the protection of migrants’ human rights.
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2025 Spring Statement resources
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/03/28/2025-spring-statement-resources/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 28, 2025 UK government background briefing: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10220/ Spring Statement Information: https://www.gov.
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Adult Learners’ Week Special: A Handful of Dust
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/03/25/adult-learners-week-special-a-handful-of-dust/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on March 25, 2014 facsimiledustjackets.com/cgi-bin/fdj455/5072.html The Book Group is delighted to be taking part in Leicester libraries’ Adult Learners’ Week, which runs form 14-20 June 2014.
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RTE Archive
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/16/rte-archive/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2012 http://www.rte.
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2011 National Human Development Report for Russia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/05/14/2011-national-human-development-report-for-russia/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 14, 2012 http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/national/europethecis/russia/name,24360,en.html Find out more about socio-economic conditions in Russia by reading this major new report.