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Increasing the Retirement Age won’t solve the Pensions Crisis
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2013/12/05/increasing-the-pension-age-wont-solve-the-pensions-crisis/
Posted by in School of Business Blog on December 5, 2013 Jo Grady, Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations at the School, responds to George Osbourne’s Autumn Statement, particularly on its proposal to increase the retirement age to 70. Speaking on LBC 97.
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Did you hear the one about the Anarchist Manager?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2014/09/24/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-anarchist-manager/
Posted by Thomas Swann in School of Business Blog on September 24, 2014 Thomas Swann and Konstantin Stoborod, Graduate Teaching Assistants at the School, reflect on their 2 year effort to bring Anarchist Practices and Management Studies together The 3 rd Anarchist Studies...
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With Tommy Hilfiger’s ‘smart’ clothing range, data collection has reached dystopian levels
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/07/31/with-tommy-hilfigers-smart-clothing-range-data-collection-has-reached-dystopian-levels/
Posted by hconnolly in School of Business Blog on July 31, 2018 In an article for The Independent, Dr Phoebe Moore discusses how ambassadors will be rewarded for walking past Tommy Jeans stores and how we are becoming a resource for surveillance and profit making The...
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Physics & Astronomy: Page 10
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/leigh_fletcher/page/10/
Leicester’s Jupiter Research on the BBC Sky at Night Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 17 September 2021 The BBC Sky at Night team travelled to the National Space Centre for a special show on five years of the Juno mission, featuring...
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John Evelyn and the war with the Dutch
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/20/john-evelyn-and-the-war-with-the-dutch/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 20, 2015 Engraved portrait of John Evelyn by W. H. Worthington, from an original painting by Walker. From the Fairclough Collection, EP36, Box 3, p. 310.
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LGBT Rights Activism at the United Nations and the Geopolitics of Sexuality
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/05/18/lgbt-rights-activism-at-the-united-nations-and-the-geopolitics-of-sexuality/
Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on May 18, 2023 By Calogero Giametta Lecturer in Criminology LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans) rights are divisive and prone to instrumentalisation, nationally and globally.
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Jewel’s Museum Studies Placement 2024 blog 1
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/09/05/jewels-museum-studies-placement-2024-blog-1/
Posted by vholmes in Library and Learning Services on September 5, 2024 This is an introduction to the work that Yiqian Zhu (Jewel) started in July at the beginning of the Museum Studies course practical placement, with Archives and Special Collections. My name is Yiqian Zhu.
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Ex academia luxus: Or Why do we pay to access academic publications?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2017/12/15/why-do-we-pay-to-access-academic-publications/
Posted by Martin Parker in School of Business Blog on December 15, 2017 In this week’s blog, School of Business doctoral student Secki Jose (spj15@le.ac.uk) explores why universities are paying more and more to access the knowledge that their academics produce.
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The Importance of Authenticity – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/01/05/the-importance-of-authenticity/
Discusses the concept of authenticity in relation to food and alcohol studies scholarship; the role of time, history, the past and temporal categories in analysing authenticity in relation to food and drink
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Women and their books
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/03/06/women-and-their-books/
Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on March 6, 2024 To mark World Book Day (7 th March) and International Women’s Day (8 th March), Archives and Special Collections is showcasing books from our holdings written by women, as well as highlighting some...