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Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester: The School of Criminology and S
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/
The School of Criminology and Sociology: follow us to find out who we are and what we do.
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86-year-old PhD graduate amongst University of Leicester’s Class of 2023
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/stan-hardie
An 86-year-old was amongst the thousands of students who graduated from the University of Leicester last week. Stan Hardie was awarded a PhD in History on Thursday (17 January), making him the oldest graduate of the University’s Class of 2023.
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A tulip bulb, the value of which would have fed ‘a whole ship’s crew for a twelvemonth’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/04/07/a-tulip-bulb-the-value-of-which-would-have-fed-a-whole-ships-crew-for-a-twelvemonth/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on April 7, 2017 The tulip, with its bold, eye-catching flowers in a wide variety of gorgeous colours, is in bloom, in many of our spring gardens, making one of their most striking features.
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Freedman’s Bureau Search Portal
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/11/21/freedmans-bureau-search-portal/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 21, 2022 Created by Smithsonian and The National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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For International Women’s day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/03/11/for-international-womens-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 11, 2016 The Fawcett Society launched the report- Parents, work and care: Striking the Balance’ which shows disparity in perceptions of working mothers – the CEO stated.
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Survey into the nation’s mental health will inform public policy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/mental-health-survey
The University of Leicester is conducting a national mental health and well-being survey to help inform public policy in England
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Centre for New Writing Events Sept-Dec 2013 University of Leicester staff blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/09/17/centre-for-new-writing-events-sept-dec-2013/
Posted by corinnefowler in School of English Blog on September 17, 2013 SuAndi We have planned an exciting programme of free literary events this semester at the Centre for New Writing (CNW).
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About us
https://le.ac.uk/medicine/about
Leicester Medical School was founded in 1975, and our state-of-the-art George Davies Centre (formerly the Centre for Medicine) was opened in September 2016. Find out more about us.
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Black holes could grow as large as 50 billion suns research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/black-holes-could-grow-as-large-as-50-billion-suns-research-shows
Black holes at the heart of galaxies could swell to 50 billion times the mass of the sun before losing the discs of gas they rely on to sustain themselves, according to research by Professor Andrew King from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
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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).