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• Tweeting #OWS

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/10/05/tweeting-ows/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2012 http://disc.library.emory.edu/ows/ A great new digital archive from Emory University.  Ten million tweets about Occupy Wall Street have now been collected.

• First confirmed neutron star merger re-appears from behind the Sun

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/first-confirmed-neutron-star-merger-emerges-from-behind-the-sun

  A research team including astronomers and astrophysicists at the Universities of Warwick and Leicester had to wait over 100 days for the sight of the first confirmed neutron star merger to re-appear from behind the glare of the Sun.

• Leicester Criminologist invited to provide expert evidence on the intimidation of Parliamentary candidates and on combatting religious intolerance

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-criminologist-invited-to-provide-expert-evidence-on-the-intimidation-of-parliamentary-candidates-and-on-combatting-religious-intolerance

  Professor Neil Chakraborti (pictured), Head of the Department of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Hate Studies, was invited to give expert evidence at two key events in London on the 12th and 13th September.

• Future Gov Asia Pacific

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2011/08/16/future-gov-asia-pacific/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 16, 2011 http://www.futuregov.

• Leicester scientist heads to Westminster

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/leicester-scientist-heads-to-westminster

  On Tuesday 13 March, PhD student at our University Katie Raymer will be attending Voice of the Future 2018- a unique event offering young scientists and engineers the opportunity to quiz key political figures at the Houses of Parliament about science policy.

• Leading scientists takeover Leicester pubs for Pint of Science festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/pint-of-science

  Pub goers in Leicester will get much more than just a pint next week when some of Britain’s leading Scientists head to the city’s drinking venues to discuss their latest research. The ‘Pint of Science’ festival runs from 9th-11th May.

• Facebook launches Notify News App

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/20/facebook-launches-notify-news-app/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 20, 2015 As a dedicated app for iOS, it’s designed to be a central hub for alerts from a variety of partners, including BuzzFeed, CNN, Washington Post, Vogue and the Weather Channel.

• Summer School to help raise aspirations of young people in care

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/summer-school-to-help-raise-aspirations-of-young-people-in-care

  The University of Leicester, De Montfort University and Loughborough University will be hosting their tenth annual Summer School event, which aims to improve the life chances of young people in public care.

• Student initiative seeks to improve global animal welfare

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/student-initiative-seeks-to-improve-global-animal-welfare

  A student initiative led by the University of Leicester’s Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Chapter is seeking to improve animal welfare on a global scale.

• Inclusive family sports day to raise awareness of eye condition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/inclusive-family-sports-day-to-raise-awareness-of-eye-condition

  The University will be hosting an event to introduce sports for people with reduced vision and to raise awareness of the eye condition Nystagmus on Sunday 1 November.