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Free event aims to help parents of prematurely born children
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/webinar
Parents of prematurely born children are being invited to join a free event to help them better understand their child’s potential learning needs and how they can be supported in school
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Why public health campaigns and the BMI scale may do more harm than good- claim
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/why-public-health-campaigns-and-the-bmi-scale-may-do-more-harm-than-good-claim
Dr Oli Williams, Research Associate in the University’s Department of Health Sciences, has recently shared why well-intentioned public health campaigns such as the sugar tax might not have the intended effect, and potentially even exacerbate disparities in health.
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Can You Do Leadership and Management from AFY1?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/2018/10/08/can-you-do-leadership-and-management-from-afy1/
Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on October 8, 2018 Balancing leadership and clinical responsibilities is a perpetual challenge for doctors.
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Technology and protest
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/04/20/technology-and-protest/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2012 Tell Dave protests: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/britains-web-monitoring-plan-draws-comparisons-to-1984-and-kafka/2012/04/02/gIQAbNB5qS_blog.
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Genetics and law for schools and colleges
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics-and-ethics-and-law/school-and-colleges/law
Here we cover genetics-related issues that are in the news and where the legislation has affected how they are used.
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Environment scientists close in on ‘golden spike’ to define Anthropocene
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/anthropocene-berlin
Leicester researchers searching for a ‘golden spike’ to formally define humanity’s current geological period – and acknowledge human impact on our planet – have announced a major step in their analysis at an international conference today (Wednesday).
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Humanising Space at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/politics/events/humanising-space
Humanising Space Seminars
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Emma Battell Lowman: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/author/ejl22/page/2/
Emma Battell Lowman is Lecturer in the History of the Americas at the University of Hertfordshire and is an Honorary Visiting Fellow in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History where she continues her postdoctoral research as a member of the Harnessing the Criminal...
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Masters Research Project
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mb7006
Module code: MB7006 This module comprises a full-time, 4 month research project placement: 3 months of lab work and then 1 month for writing the dissertation and project presentation.
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Research Methods in Cancer Biology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/mb7003
Module code: MB7003 When a gene is found to be mutated in a cancer, we first need to understand how its protein product functions and then how the mutated protein alters the behaviour of cancer cells. For example, cancer cells show uncontrolled cell proliferation.