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How to improve social mobility in higher education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/how-to-improve-social-mobility-in-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 The report published this week by an advisory group of Universities UK has recommendations which include improving advice given to students and enhancing school/university collaborations.
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Face to face with Waugh: John Freeman (1915-2014)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/01/29/face-to-face-with-waugh-john-freeman-1915-2014/
Posted by Roger Irwin in Waugh and Words on January 29, 2015 On 20 December last year John Freeman – soldier, Labour politician and television interviewer – died aged 99.
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Research shows female fish judge males on DIY skills
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/research-shows-female-fish-judge-males-on-diy-skills
Female fish judge males based on their ability to design nests best suited for the conditions of their environment, according to a new study by researchers from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour.
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National conference to focus on menopause policy in the workplace
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/national-conference-to-focus-on-menopause-policy-in-the-workplace
Experts from our University are to showcase menopause policies in the workplace at a national conference. The University of Leicester is the first University in the UK with a workplace menopause policy.
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Ken Jones
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/ken-jones
Kenneth (Ken) Milner Jones was born in Chesham Bois, near Amersham, on 20 March 1930 and was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School, Sandy Lodge, Middlesex.
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LGBT History Month
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/02/07/lgbt-history-month-2/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 7, 2020 LGBT history month (February) is a good time to revisit these free British Library resources: LGBTQ histories on the British Library website explores the development of LGBTQ...
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But he/she interviewed well (part 1).
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/01/25/but-heshe-interviewed-well-part-1/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on January 25, 2016 So you want a job? Well first you have to decide what kind of job etc… Actually let’s skip over this part and cut straight to the part where you have to go through an interview.
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Evelyn Waugh: Reader, Writer, Collector
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2017/05/29/evelyn-waugh-reader-writer-collector/
An idiosyncratic reflection by Robert Murray Davis on a Waugh symposium held at the Huntington, Pasadena, over 5-6 May 2017.
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Partnerships
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/precision-health/partnerships
We work with local, national and international organisations to deliver effective results. NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) A £26.
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Chief Scientific Adviser pays tribute to University of Leicester’s world-leading research, impact, and COVID-19 response during visit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/sir-patrick-vallance
Sir Patrick Vallance, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, recently visited the University of Leicester to find out more about its research expertise and to deliver a lecture on the importance of scientific advice in national policymaking.