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Centre launches to put empathy at the heart of healthcare
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/empathy
The role empathy plays in helping to improve patient satisfaction and reduce their pain is at the heart of a new healthcare research centre at the University of Leicester.
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Inspirational student who twice battled sepsis receives First Class degree
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/inspirational-student-who-twice-battled-sepsis-receives-first-class-degree
One of our recent graduates Kishan Vithlani has twice overcome a potentially life-threatening sepsis infection and gone on to achieve a First Class Computer Science BSc. Kishan was born with a congenital heart condition, and had to have surgery twice as a child.
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New ‘explant’ technique predicts a tumour’s responsiveness to breast cancer treatment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/breast-cancer
Cancer researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a technique that could predict how well some breast cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy and antibody-directed cancer treatments
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Clearing 2024: Missing out on first choice university turned out to be a blessing for Charlotte
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/clearing-charlotte
For Charlotte Gallo not getting the grades she needed to her first choice university turned out to be a blessing as she joined the University of Leicester's Psychology course instead
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https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/spanish
Study Spanish courses for all levels at The University of Leicester.
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Cartooning in South Africa: Jonathan Zapiro on the Post-Apartheid ‘Rainbow Nation’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/01/11/cartooning-south-africa-jonathan-zapiro-post-apartheid-rainbow-nation/
Political cartoonist Jonathan Zapiro (South Africa) is interviewed by Shout Out UK Young Writer Laura Brick.
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New trial could transform heart health of dialysis patients
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/dialysis
A new trial with the potential to transform the heart health of patients with kidney failure has today been launched by the University of Leicester, the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and British Heart Foundation (BHF).
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Inactive adults urged to get moving to avoid developing type 2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/inactive-adults-told-to-2018get-moving2019
People in Leicestershire are being ‘urged to get moving or risk jeopardising their health’, after research revealed adults in the county are among the most inactive in England.
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About
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/about/
The Carceral Archipelago is a €1.5m European Research Council funded project, running from 2013-18. Directed by Professor Clare Anderson, a team of researchers and postgraduate students are working on a global history of penal colonies, 1415-1960.
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Quick Guide to Physics & Astronomy Blogging
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/28/quick-guide-to-physics-astronomy-blogging/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 28 September 2020 We welcome contributions from across the School of Physics and Astronomy, and this brief post describes what we’re looking for in a successful post.