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University of Leicester is =26th in the world for research quality in latest global ranking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/26th-research-quality-global-ranking-times-higher-education
Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 place Leicester =26th for research quality and positions Leicester 192nd overall out of 2191 institutions
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Measuring GEM outcomes
https://le.ac.uk/gem/resources/outcomes
This project aims to understand what matters to older people with frailty receiving acute care, and to develop methods for measuring these outcome goals.
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University study will look at harmful air pollution in our homes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/air-pollution-leicester-study-funding
Researchers from the University of Leicester have been awarded £2 million to investigate how harmful particles in the air inside our homes affect the breathing and lung health of both children and adults
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British Social Attitudes survey released
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/12/12/british-social-attitudes-survey-released/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 12, 2011 http://www.natcen.ac.uk/study/british-social-attitudes-28th-report Major social attitudes study released on the net by National Centre for Social Research. Conducted annually since 1983.
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Eurobarometer site upgrade
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/13/eurobarometer-site-upgrade/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 13, 2015 European Commission has recently revamped the Eurobarometer website.
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Girls are more unhappy with their lives
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/09/03/girls-are-more-unhappy-with-their-lives/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 3, 2018 Shocking findings f rom the latest Children’s Society Annual Report .
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Universal credit – does anyone benefit?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/universal-credit-does-anyone-benefit/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 IFS has conducted an economic analysis into the impact finding tha t it ‘will tend to weaken the incentive for single parents to be in work, and to strengthen the incentive for...
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Only 7% of people describe themselves as feminists
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/only-7-of-people-describe-themselves-as-feminists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 According to the results from the 2016 Fawcett society state of the nation report only 4% men and 9% women polled labelled themselves as feminists.
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29th May: UN International Day of Peacekeepers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/01/29th-may-un-international-day-of-peacekeepers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 29th May is UN International Day of Peacekeepers . On the 70th anniversary view a list of those who died in 2017 and explore other free resources.
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US elections: historic data
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/11/09/us-elections-historic-data/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 9, 2020 Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House Representatives – Election Statistics The Clerk of the U.S.