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Inequality causes Corruption…or is it the other way around?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/09/25/inequality-causes-corruptionor-is-it-the-other-way-around/
Posted by awynne in School of Business Blog on September 25, 2015 Senior Lecturer in Public Financial Management at the School, Andy Wynne , briefly surveys one of today’s most pressing debates Last December, in Paris, attendees at an OECD donor symposium entitled...
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Where is the best place to be a working woman?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/03/13/where-is-the-best-place-to-be-a-working-woman/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2015 To mark International Women’s day the Economist created a ‘glass-ceiling index’ which uses OECD data to rank factors including gender pay gaps and labour force participation.
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New stateoftheart teaching and research facility certified as UKs largest nonresidential Passivhaus building
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-state-of-the-art-teaching-and-research-facility-certified-as-uk2019s-largest-non-residential-passivhaus-building
Our cutting-edge new Centre for Medicine building, built by contractor Willmott Dixon and designed by Associated Architects, has officially received Passivhaus Certification – officially making it the largest Passivhaus building in the UK.
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Congressional Record for the 1980s
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/12/congressional-record-for-the-1980s/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 12, 2016 Now available online via GOV Info the bound volumes from volume 127 (1981) to volume 147 (2001).
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Useful links
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/useful-links
Further online resources, within the University of Leicester and beyond about Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys life and research.
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Thrown to the Lions? New evidence revealed for the use of lions during executions in Roman Britain
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/roman-lion-handle
Dr John Pearce, from King’s College London, is a co-author of the study. He added: “This unique object gives us our most detailed representation of this form of execution found in Roman Britain.
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A Sea of Conflict? Christian Muslim Encounters c.1100-c.1300
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs3775
Module code: HS3775 In this module we approach the history of the medieval Mediterranean from a cultural and religious perspective.
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A Sea of Conflict? Christian Muslim Encounters c.1100-c.1300
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/hs3775
Module code: HS3775 In this module we approach the history of the medieval Mediterranean from a cultural and religious perspective.
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University of Leicester sees boost in student numbers as widening participation strategy bears fruit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/university-of-leicester-sees-boost-in-student-numbers-as-widening-participation-strategy-bears-fruit
Undergraduate registrations at the University of Leicester increased by almost 10 per cent last year and applications for this year are also on the rise, bucking the national trend, the latest figures from UCAS show.
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Josh is going for gold with national ice hockey team
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/josh-is-going-for-gold-with-national-ice-hockey-team
First-year student at our University Josh Crane will be breaking out his skates and representing university sporting excellence at an international level as part of the GBU Ice Hockey team.