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Initiatives
https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/initiatives
Learn more about our initiatives, including Bright Path Futures, Ukraine support, Trauma-informed pedagogy and RefugEAP.
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Partnership with the Apollo Hospital Group
https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/global-partnerships/apollo
Learn more about the Apollo partnership between the University of Leicester and The Apollo University (TAU).
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Standing Together Against Hate new animation highlights the importance of challenging hate hostility and harassment in Higher Education
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/standing-together-against-hate-new-animation-to-be-showcased-at-british-society-of-criminology-conference
Professor Neil Chakraborti, Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy and Dr Chris Allen from our Centre for Hate Studies will be leading a roundtable discussion on tackling hate crime in higher education at the British Society of Criminology Conference on the 5th July.
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Curiosity disproves old idea of Mars as a simple basaltic planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/curiosity-disproves-2018old-idea-of-mars-as-a-simple-basaltic-planet2019
As NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) celebrates four years on the Red Planet Leicester planetary scientist Professor John Bridges recounts the Curiosity mission’s success and explains what is next for the one-ton nuclear-powered science robot.
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Spotlight to be shone on UK women in reggae
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/spotlight-to-be-shone-on-uk-women-in-reggae
Donald Harper, a PhD student in the School of Management and music industry veteran, will be shining a light on a group of unsung heroes from the UK music industry by producing a film documentary as part of his PhD.
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New resource strips everyday Roman handwriting bare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/latinnow-manual
A new open-access resource to help researchers study Roman handwriting has been released. Volume 1 of the Manual of Roman Everyday Writing is now available, produced by the European Research Council-funded LatinNow project.
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Contents of display case draw
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-6/
7. Display case draw containing oak galls, inks and pigments used by medieval scribes and illuminators.
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Are Students addicted to their Mobile Phones?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/05/06/are-students-addicted-to-their-mobile-phones/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 6, 2014 Read this interesting exploratory paper. Hooked on Smartphones: An Exploratory Study on Smartphone Overuse among College Students by Uichin Lee et al.
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MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-9/
4. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript. The first folio contains some drawings and what appears to be a talismanic verse seeking protection from harmful forces. This may have been added by the manuscript's owner.
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Disability podcasts
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/02/09/disability-podcasts/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 9, 2024 Professor Colin Blackmore has created a series of podcasts with British disability activists. The latest, with Professor Colin Barnes, is on the sociology of disability.