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University-partnered refugee project recognised by Platinum Jubilee award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/bright-path
An organisation set up to help Afghan refugees arriving in Leicester has received a Platinum Jubilee Award. Bright Path Futures was set up in August 2021 in partnership with the University of Leicester and the British Red Cross.
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Leicester sociologist named as UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship winner
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/diego-garcia-rodriguez-ukri-future-leader-fellowship
The University of Leicester's Dr Diego García Rodríguez has been named as one of 77 talented early career researchers to receive funding from the UKRI's Future Leaders Fellowship.
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corinnefowler
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/author/csf11/
I am a Senior Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature in the School of English and Director of the Centre for New Writing. I direct the Grassroutes: Contemporary Leicestershire Writing project and am Co-Investigator on an AHRC-funded project called Affective Digital Histories.
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Global Terrorism database updated
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/08/05/global-terrorism-database-updated/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 5, 2016 The total number of terrorist attacks and total deaths due to terrorist attacks worldwide decreased by 12% in 2015, according to the latest annual update of the Global Terrorism...
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Matchwomen’s strike and other union sites
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/07/08/matchwomens-strike-and-other-union-sites/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 8, 2013 125th anniversary of the Matchgirl’s strike < http://www.matchwomensfestival.com/ > To commemorate the occasion a special festival is being held in London.
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Youth (un)employment
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/11/15/1436/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 15, 2013 EU youth prospects This week a major conference of EU leaders discussed youth unemployment in Europe see EU papers, news and report on youth employment in Europe Also on this theme a...
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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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Activist Museum Award 2025 winners announced by Research Centre for Museums and Galleries
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/winners-museum-activist-awards-2025
Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) has announced the winners of the prestigious Activist Museum Award 2025.
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Discovering Collections Discovering Communities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/15/discovering-collections-discovering-communities/
Posted by Simon Dixon in Library Special Collections on October 15, 2015 This week I attended the Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities conference in the impressive Lowry Centre at Salford Quays.
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The Continuing Imperialism of Free Trade
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/12/03/the-continuing-imperialism-of-free-trade/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on December 3, 2018 In this post Dr Chris Grocott, Lecturer in Management and Economic History in ULSB, discusses his recently published book, co-edited with Dr Jo Grady (University of Sheffield), on the continuing...