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University to host 70th Leicester Conference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/university-to-host-70th-leicester-conference
The Leicester Conference is due to be held at a University of Leicester venue for the 70th time. The conference has been hosted on a university site every year since its inception in 1957, the same year that the university was also granted its Royal Charter.
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Gentrification masks ugly truths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/gentrification-masks-ugly-truths
One of the country’s leading urban geographers, Professor Loretta Lees, has outlined some of her key findings on gentrification in London.
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Career development
https://le.ac.uk/the-technician-commitment/plan/career-development
6-12 months Institutionally as part of our Athena Swan work we are in the process of piloting career pathways for professional services colleagues which show what is required at each grade level and the development opportunities to support career aspirations.
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Health study with 11,000 participants celebrates 10 year anniversary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/exceed
A major health study led by the University of Leicester has recruited a staggering 11,000 patients across the city and county since it began 10 years ago.
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Therapeutic antibody discovery could lead to new cancer drug development
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/therapeutic-antibody-discovery
Cancer Research researchers at the University of Leicester have played a major role in developing and validating an innovative approach to the discovery of potent therapeutic antibodies.
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BLM memorial fence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/17/blm-memorial-fence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2022 The Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Artifact Collection Note: this resource contains strong language and references to brutality and violence.
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Tackling Prolific Serial Offenders Through Crime Linkage: the What, Why and How
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2024/06/10/tackling-prolific-serial-offenders-through-crime-linkage-the-what-why-and-how/
Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on June 10, 2024 Matt Tonkin Associate Professor of Criminology & Director of Research for the School The majority of crime is committed by a minority of prolific serial offenders, with...
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The human legacy of American troops in Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/the-human-legacy-of-american-troops-in-leicester
The story of American soldiers in Leicester during World War Two is well known, as are the many wartime romances and the story of GI brides who married Americans and left the city at the end of the war.
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Astronomers join hunt for Einsteins gravitational sirens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/astronomers-join-hunt-for-einstein2019s-gravitational-sirens
The first detection of gravitational waves was announced today by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration - and Leicester astronomers were among the first to respond to the detection, searching for the counterpart with X-ray and infra-red telescopes.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/26/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester