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BBC Radio 1XTRA special mention for up-and-coming music artist from our University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/bbc1xtra-special-mention-for-up-and-coming-music-artist-from-our-university
A student at our University has been recognised for his music on a BBC Radio 1XTRA radio show. Yesterday evening, DJ Sian Anderson hosted the ‘online find’ segment of her show- a short slot dedicated to shining a light on new talent in the music industry.
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Research suggests controversial test could be leading to unnecessary open heart operations
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/research-suggests-controversial-test-could-be-leading-to-unnecessary-open-heart-operations
An approved international test to check whether people need open heart surgery could be sending twice as many people under the knife unnecessarily, at a cost of nearly £75m, research by our University has suggested.
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University expert to discuss how Leicester could do regeneration differently
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/university-expert-to-discuss-how-leicester-could-do-regeneration-differently2019
Leicester has an opportunity to learn from the mistakes of gentrification in cities worldwide and to pioneer a unique approach to regeneration that has the potential to become a Leicester brand, according to a Professor from our University.
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Project to investigate how offenders engage with treatment in different settings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/project-to-investigate-how-offenders-engage-with-treatment-in-different-settings
Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship that will investigate why offenders do and do not engage with treatment in prison, forensic hospital and community settings. As many as 86% of offenders do not successfully complete rehabilitation programmes.
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Spring seminar series 2011
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/events/spring-seminar-series/archive/2011
Browse our 2011 spring seminar series in the Victorian Studies Centre.
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Addressing the museum attendance and benefit gap: inequality, representative participation and implementation science
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/addressing-the-attendance-and-benefit-gap
Survey data on who visits museums and decades of research in cultural sociology internationally tell us that museum visiting reflects the socio-economic gradient, closely tracking inequalities in education, income, employment, mental health and other indicators of social...
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Graduate Case Study
https://le.ac.uk/geography/study/undergraduate/careers/graduate-case-study
Chris Paddock Chris is a Director of Urban Solutions at Hatch Regeneris and is based in London.
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Gentrification masks ugly truths
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/gentrification-masks-ugly-truths
One of the country’s leading urban geographers, Professor Loretta Lees, has outlined some of her key findings on gentrification in London.
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Athina Karatzogianni
https://le.ac.uk/people/athina-karatzogianni
The academic profile of Professor Athina Karatzogianni, Professor of Technology and Society at the University of Leicester
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Fiendish Friday Quiz #2: Answers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2014/03/25/quiz2answers/
Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on March 25, 2014 So… it’s not Friday. But here are the answers to Thomas Gribble’s second fiendish quiz nonetheless. Let us know how you do, and whether you’d like another this Friday.