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Development aid targeted at women is rising
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/03/23/development-aid-targeted-at-women-is-rising/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 23, 2020 25 years since the Beijing conference, aid specifically for women and girls is rising, according to latest data from the OECD It analysed OECD and DAC data invested by...
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World’s largest tropical peatlands revealed to be more than 40,000 years old
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/largest-tropical-peatlands-40000-years-old
New research finds peatland complex in Congo Basin to be more than twice as old as previously thought, expertise from the University of Leicester supported the study
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Ocean temperature record unlocked from Fijian coral reveals highest warmth in over six centuries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/coral-warming
Unique 627 year-long record of ocean temperatures in the Fijian archipelago published by international team co-led by University of Leicester
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Breakthrough study uncovers origin of plant sperm
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/19-breakthrough-study-origin-plant-sperm
A large international team of researchers has uncovered the origin of an ancient genetic mechanism needed for plant fertility
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Digital Manufacturing and Management Research Group (DMM)
https://le.ac.uk/engineering/research/dmm
The Digital Manufacturing and Management research group (DMM) was created to promote and implement cross-disciplinary research in materials and process modelling to advance manufacturing through digitisation and data driven technologies.
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Projects
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/environmental-futures/projects
COVID-19 National Core Study - Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration, part of the Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing Core study 2020-2022 Medical Research Council: £430,000; University of Leicester: Project lead: Professor John Gulliver CuBES Copper Basin...
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UK’s AI ‘twin’ will use big data to show the way to net zero
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/ai-twin-net-zero
New research project at University of Leicester will use artificial intelligence to inform more environmentally-friendly land use in the UK, and has received £2.5 million from UK Research and Innovation.
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Multi-million pound boost for University of Leicester’s ability to improve and save lives
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/brc-funding
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has been funded for £26 million over the next five years.
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August Book Group: Late Short Stories
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/09/01/lateshortstories/
Summary of the Evelyn Waugh Book Group's discussions of the later short stories
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MA Museum Studies Placement in Special Collections, Weeks 7-8
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/09/05/ma-museum-studies-placement-in-special-collections-weeks-7-8/
Posted by Sarah Wood in Library Special Collections on September 5, 2018 Guest post from Yineng Zhu, Andrew Permain and Joe Searle, MA Museum Studies students working with the Archives & Special Collections team.