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Free support available for premature children on their school journey
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/premature-babies-school-leicester-learning
Child development experts at the University of Leicester are reminding parents and education professionals of free resources aimed at supporting prematurely born children through their school journey
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Resources
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics/genetics-schools-colleges/resources
Genomics and the Human Genome Project (HGP) Genome - the Secret of How Life Works Interactive content for students, teachers and parents from Pfizer.
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AI breakthrough could save lives through disease prediction and prevention
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/ai-patient-care
Artificial intelligence (AI) could help predict how an individual patient’s illness will progress and what treatment will be most successful to help them recover, saving lives across the globe, according to new research by the University of Leicester.
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The Elcano Global Presence Index
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/03/13/the-elcano-global-presence-index/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 13, 2018 How do the EU and specific world nations present themselves globally? Try consulting the Elcano Global Presence Index which is a tool for international relations specialists developed b...
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Foreign Policy, Diplomacy and Twitter
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/08/23/foreign-policy-diplomacy-and-twitter/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 23, 2013 Foreign Policy magazine Release their annual list of top 100 key people to follow on Twitter See the full list that includes politicians, diplomats and key political thinkers.
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The World Wealth and Income Database
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/01/22/the-world-wealth-income-database/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2018 Launched in 2017 as a single point of access for statistics on global inequality data , t his great site is managed by an international consortium of economists including Thomas...
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Is Britain Fairer?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/18/is-britain-fairer-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 18, 2016 A major new report launched last week by the Equality and Human Rights Commission examines the nature of disadvantage in Britain in 2016.
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The Paths to Equal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2023/07/28/the-paths-to-equal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 28, 2023 The Paths to Equal – new twin indeces on women’s empowerment and gender equality based on data for 114 countries, including data on the progress towards the Sustainable...
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What is the current state of the Internet?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/10/04/what-is-the-current-state-of-the-internet/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 4, 2019 Find out in the latest annual report on the global rate of connection from the ITU. This year’s theme is Broadband as Foundation for Sustainable Development.
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Ageing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/16/centre-for-ageing-better/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 16, 2020 Centre for Ageing Better, Community of Practice Resource Library A lottery funded evidence based research organisation.