Search

16308 results for: ‘%s’

• The Diary of a Dissection: Jane Jamieson and the Newcastle Barber Surgeons. By Patrick Low

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/09/19/diary-of-a-dissection/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on September 19, 2016   The recent furore in France, over the wearing of Burkinis, has shone a new light on an age-old societal problem; the female body.

• The increase in funded medical school places from 2018 is obviously good news but there is a snag

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/more-medical-school-places-will-not-solve-doctor-shortage

  Professor Philip Baker (pictured), Head of the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of Medicine, has written an article for University Business discussing the increase in funded medical school places from 2018 announced by...

• March Book Group: Scoop

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/03/27/scoop/

  Summary of the Waugh Book Group's discussion of Scoop at Leicester Central Library, 7th March 2015

• Leicester praised in new book on science communications

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/fiona-fox-book

  Award-winning work by the University of Leicester in improving science communications has been featured in a new book by Fiona Fox from the Science Media Centre.

• What is commercial cider

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/09/23/what-is-commercial-cider/

  Commercial is not equated with money

• Richard III's diet and lifestyle

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/what-we-know-now/diet-and-lifestyle

  By measuring the different isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and strontium preserved in Richard III's skeleton, we can find out about the types of food and drink he consumed, as well as where he lived.

• Lad culture in education promotes misogynistic messages researchers say

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/lad-culture2019-in-education-promotes-misogynistic-messages-researchers-say

  Researchers will be debating the rise of ‘lad culture’ in education and how it promotes a ‘nexus of sexism’ at an upcoming free public event on 22 June.

• Leicester scientist features in Canadian-British documentary providing new insights into life and death of Jumbo the elephant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-scientist-features-in-canadian-british-documentary-providing-new-insights-into-life-and-death-of-jumbo-the-elephant

  New insights into the life and mysterious death of Jumbo the elephant – a celebrity animal superstar whose story is said to have inspired the film ‘Dumbo’ – will be revealed in an international documentary featuring Dr Richard Thomas (pictured) from our School of...

• UK university returns century-old gesture by gifting books to Smithsonian

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/smithsonian

  The University of Leicester returned a 100-year-old gesture from the Smithsonian during a ceremony to cement the institutions’ transatlantic partnership.

• Useful WTO links

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/useful-wto-links/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 WTO’s General Council ePortal (GCeP) Includes information on all issues raised and discussed by the World Trade Organisation since 1995 with links, where possible, to associated...