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How far have we come? Lessons from the 1965 Race relations Act
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/22/how-far-have-we-come-lessons-from-the-1965-race-relations-act/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 22, 2015 Free access to this collection of essays from the Runnymede Trust.
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Acquisitions by big-tech companies
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/01/27/acquisitions-by-big-tech-companies/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 27, 2023 The Gafam empire project developed by DensityDesign Lab and Tactical Tech looks at the acquisitions conducted by 5 tech companies – Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft –...
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Netflix research
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/05/25/netflix-research/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 25, 2018 Netflix have just launched their own official site where they will be posting white papers and articles on what they are researching. See the Netflix official blog for further details.
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Posters from the Irish Civil Rights movement
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/07/27/posters-from-the-irish-civil-rights-movement/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 27, 2020 A new online exhibition from the Working Class Movement Library It includes images from 1969 posters made in Belfast and by London Poster Workshop.
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Daring Deeds of Valour
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/onthisdayofwar/2016/02/09/daring-deeds-of-valour/
Posted by Philip Shaw in On This Day of War on February 9, 2016 Daring Deeds of Valour By Dr Rachel Bates, University of Leicester The 29 January 2016 marks the 160 th anniversary of the Victoria Cross, a key legacy of the Crimean War (1854-56).
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Expeditions
https://le.ac.uk/iodp/expeditions
The European Petrophysics Consortium (EPC) has coordinated the downhole logging and core physical properties measurements on many IODP expeditions over the years, with Leicester scientists sailing on over 50 expeditions since the IODP and its predecessors were first launched...
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Air pollution
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/strategic-areas/air-pollution
The work of Dr Julie Morrissey and colleagues at the University of Leicester, involves the elucidation of how bacteria adapt to air pollution and metal stress, and how this has impact on bacterial survival in a host and in the environment, and drives antibiotic resistance.
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Lifechanging scholarships announced at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/2018life-changing2019-scholarships-announced-at-leicester
The University has announced the names of its 2016 Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholars. These students have been awarded Scholarships by the the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK to allow them to pursue a Master’s course while living in their home countries.
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University of Leicester’s global approach leads to QS World Rankings rise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/qs-rankings
The University of Leicester’s reputation as a leading global institution for research and teaching has been reaffirmed after a rise in the QS World Rankings 2024.
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At Leicester we are committed to providing the best opportunities and getting the best out of our students
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/201cat-leicester-we-are-committed-to-providing-the-best-opportunities-and-getting-the-best-out-of-our-students201d
Clearing is an exciting time of the academic year and we are proud to welcome new students to come and study with us. For Diane Fothergill (pictured), an admissions officer at Leicester, 2018 marks her 40th year welcoming students to the University.