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Royal Commission Industrial Fellowship awarded to researcher
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/royal-commission-1851
A PhD researcher at the University of Leicester has been awarded a prestigious Industrial Fellowship by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, to develop solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges.
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Trio of honorary graduates recognised with Leicester awards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/honorands1
Journalist-turned-novelist Robert Harris, who was educated in Leicestershire as a boy, was awarded a Doctorate of Letters on Friday.
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Socio-technical approach key to air safety, research suggests
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/sociotechnical-safety
An innovative socio-technical approach provides the key to improving safety in aviation and astronautics, according to a University of Leicester expert.
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Trailblazing graduates set their sights on leadership roles in nursing and midwifery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/midwifery-and-nursing-cohort
The future leaders in midwifery and nursing are set to be the first to graduate from trailblazing courses at the University of Leicester.
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Pro Bono
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr/pro-bono
The Pro Bono Society at the University of Leicester offers law students the opportunity to apply their legal knowledge in a rewarding and charitable environment to a range of projects. The students gain valuable experience while also helping the community.
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Suggested reading
https://le.ac.uk/geography/study/undergraduate/suggested-reading
If you’d like to expand your awareness of Geography, take a look at our reading suggestions. (Don’t worry, it’s not compulsory!) BSc Geography Bullard: Dumping in Dixie.
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New study exposes causes behind criminal case backlogs in England and Wales
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/police-crime-cps-england-wales-criminal-case-backlog
A University of Leicester-led study has unearthed critical factors delaying the progression of criminal cases from police investigations to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for charging decisions in England and Wales.
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Global Gender Gap Report 2022
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/07/29/global-gender-gap-report-2022/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 29, 2022 Global Gender Gap Report 2022 | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) Get information on the trends from 2020. The report records that it will take another 132 years to close the gap.
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Race & … in America
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/09/30/race-in-america/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 30, 2022 Thirteen volumes from the Brown library.
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Onlinecensorship.org
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/04/onlinecensorship-org/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 4, 2015 Onlinecensorship.org Created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.