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Nationwide strikes start across UK universities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/february/20-strike-info
National strike action across higher education institutions starts again today, after members of the University and College Union (UCU) voted in favour of action relating to changes to the USS pension scheme, pay and conditions.
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The politics of comparison: writing a global history of punishment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2015/02/05/the-politics-of-comparison-writing-a-global-history-of-punishment/
Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on February 5, 2015 The Carceral Archipelago project faces enormous challenges in writing the history of punishment as global history.
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Juno peers deep into Jupiter’s colourful belts and zones
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/juno-belts-zones
An investigation of this phenomenon is one of the primary objectives of NASA’s Juno mission, and the spacecraft carries a specially-designed microwave radiometer to measure emission from deep within the Solar System’s largest planet for the first time.
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Visa checkpoint
https://le.ac.uk/study/welcome/your-arrival/identity-check-visa-checkpoint/visa-checkpoint
Find out how to successfully complete the visa checkpoint and register with the University of Leicester.
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Powerful partnerships for a better future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/powerful-partnerships-for-a-better-future
A ‘town and gown’ meeting for academics and local people to work together to build a better future for Leicester is being held at our University. Leicester Matters brings together the local community and the University of Leicester to identify ideas for future cooperation.
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Why tens of thousands of people are being forced out of their homes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/why-tens-of-thousands-of-people-are-being-forced-out-of-their-homes
A new study into the effects of gentrification is to be investigated by a University of Leicester social scientist.
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Students offered HeadStart on University life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/headstart
Students heading to Leicester in 2021 are being invited to get a HeadStart on their University experience with online resources designed to help them settle into student life.
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Leicester Pride 2020 launches online – “still celebrating, just in a different way”
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/pride
Pride 2020 Virtual Pride Leicester 2020 BCw2ua5eODI|Today the University of Leicester and Leicester Students’ Union are delighted to join Leicester Pride 2020, along with fellow universities, and Students’ Unions at, De Montfort and Loughborough.
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Central, Eastern European & Diasporic Feminisms Bibliography
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/07/01/central-eastern-european-diasporic-feminisms-bibliography/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 1, 2024 Interactive CEED Feminisms Bibliography Edited by The CEED Feminisms Working Group, this bibliography aims to highlight work from the region to dispel myth.
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Gender balance in politics
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/gender-balance-in-politics/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 A crowdsourcing game called Gender balance is trying to gather information about women in politics. The data collected will then be fed into the everypolitician site.