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New study exposes causes behind criminal case backlogs in England and Wales
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/police-crime-cps-england-wales-criminal-case-backlog
A University of Leicester-led study has unearthed critical factors delaying the progression of criminal cases from police investigations to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for charging decisions in England and Wales.
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Leicester health researcher recognised with NIHR Senior Investigator Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/mccann-nihr-senior-investigator-leicester
Professor Gerry McCann has been awarded a prestigious National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator award to advance his healthcare work
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Royal Commission Industrial Fellowship awarded to researcher
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/royal-commission-1851
A PhD researcher at the University of Leicester has been awarded a prestigious Industrial Fellowship by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, to develop solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges.
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Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and Criminology
https://le.ac.uk/law/research/research-themes/criminal-law-criminal-justice-and-criminology
The Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and Criminology research cluster is comprised of staff engaged in research related to criminal justice matters, from the substantive criminal law to the administration of justice to criminological perspectives.
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Working household poverty is worse
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/12/01/working-household-poverty-is-worse/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 1, 2015 According to the latest annual poverty and social exclusion report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which provides data and analysis for the last 5 years .
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Rosa Parks digital collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/04/rosa-parks-digital-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 4, 2016 Just released by the Library of Congress, this great new online resource celebrating the life, civil rights achievements and legacy of Rosa Parks whose refusal to give up a seat to a...
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How diverse are UK journalists?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/05/13/how-diverse-are-uk-journalists/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 13, 2016 Find out by reading the results of a survey of 7,000 released this week by Reuters Institute. It is based on a survey of 700 journalists conducted in December 2015.
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BFI Filmography
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/09/29/bfi-filmography/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on September 29, 2017 A great new resource from the BFI which explores a wide range of topics relating to the history of UK feature film.
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Leigh Buchanan Bienen: Works
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/09/leigh-buchanan-bienen-works/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2024 Academic website from Leigh Buchanan Bienen who has been based at Northwestern University School of Law and specialises in legal history.
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Seized LGBT books
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/04/15/seized-books/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 15, 2024 An online exhibition from Senate House Library which marks the 40th anniversary of the 1984 “Operation Tiger” customs raids on Gay’s the Word bookshop on charges of importing...