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Trainee doctors in India to bolster their clinical skills with the NHS thanks to landmark initiative
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/trainee-doctors-india-clinical-skills-nhs-landmark-initiative
Doctors in training from India will now be able to continue their training in NHS hospitals in the UK, thanks to a landmark initiative involving the University of Leicester.
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Looking Forward – Looking Back
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2018/08/29/looking-forward-looking-back/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on August 29, 2018 In the now dated ‘Western’ movie ‘Paint your Wagon’, Lee Marvin ‘sings’ (talks) his way through the song ‘I was born under a wandering star’.
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LGBT tolerance
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2013/06/21/lgbt-tolerence/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2013 Survey of LGBT Americans- attitudes experiences and values Latest data from Pew research. Findings include more acceptance, however at the same time discrimination continues.
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Attitudes to Domestic Violence in Low and Middle Income Countries: a multi-level approach to primary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/22/attitudes-to-domestic-violence-in-low-and-middle-income-countries-a-multi-level-approach-to-primary-prevention/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2019 This project was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Future Research Leaders Awards and led by the University of Bristol.
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An economy for the 1%?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/22/an-economy-for-the-1/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 22, 2016 The World Economic Forum opens at Davos this week with the release of its 2016 Global Risks report .
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1866 suffrage petition 150th anniversary
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/1866-suffrage-petition-150th-anniversary/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 It is 150 years since The Women’s Suffrage Committee, formed by Barbara Bodichon, collected 1,500 signatures on a petition for women’s suffrage in 1866 and it was presented to parliament...
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Lifechanging scholarships announced at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/2018life-changing2019-scholarships-announced-at-leicester
The University has announced the names of its 2016 Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholars. These students have been awarded Scholarships by the the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK to allow them to pursue a Master’s course while living in their home countries.
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Indonesian peat fire carbon emissions vary considerably based on fire type study shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/indonesian-peat-fire-carbon-emissions-vary-considerably-based-on-fire-type-study-shows
Carbon emissions caused by burning tropical peatlands in Indonesia vary considerably depending on if the fires are initial or recurrent, according to new research co-authored by Professor Susan Page and Dr Kevin Tansey from the Department of Geography.
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Signal processing breakthroughs to boost Target Detection
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/signal-processing-breakthroughs-to-boost-target-detection-1
Target Detection will receive a vital boost thanks to pioneering signal processing research.
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Symposium - 80 Years On: Memory and Legacy of World War II in ESEA Popular Culture
https://le.ac.uk/arts/news/events/80-years-on
A symposium exploring the portrayal of WWII 80 years on hosted by Film Studies and Modern Languages