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Link between hibernation in animals and Alzheimers prevention identified
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/january/link-between-hibernation-in-animals-and-alzheimers-prevention-identified
Research by scientists at the Medical Research Council’s Toxicology Unit, based at the University, has identified a protective mechanism that kicks in when body temperature is lowered, activating a process that prevents the loss of brain cells and the connections between them.
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Trump’s inauguration
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/20/trumps-inauguration/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 20, 2017 On inauguration day The Guardian news is experimenting with a number of live news features. See the first filmed inauguration in 1901 via the Library of Congress website.
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News and publications
https://le.ac.uk/lemid/news-and-publications
A selection of publications and recent press releases on microbiology or microbiology-related subjects that highlight the impact of the LeMID (Leicester microbial sciences and infectious diseases) Centre, as part of the University of Leicester.
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The World Elite Database project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/05/02/the-world-elite-database-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 2, 2025 The WED is an international consortium of scholars working together to develop a new standardized data regime to study and share data about elites across the world.
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Innovations in Education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/12/innovations-in-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 12, 2016 Get insight into recent and forthcoming trends in the latest innovating pedagogy report from the researchers at the Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK, and...
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Racism in British Universities
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/02/05/racism-in-british-universities/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 5, 2016 The UCU union has just released a survey of its BME members in which shockingly 90% of those who answered reported that they had faced barriers to promotion and over 70%...
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What do students think of their courses?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/06/10/what-do-students-think-of-their-courses/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 10, 2016 Find out by downloading the 2016 Student academic experience survey from Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) and the Higher Education Academy.
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Planning, Intervention and Evaluation of Care with a Focus on Older People
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/nu2015
Module code: NU2015 (double module) In this module you will identify the role a nurse has in negotiating nursing care with patients, families and carers and we will focus in particular on the caring of older people.
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Planning, Intervention and Evaluation of Care with a Focus on Older People
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/nu2015
Module code: NU2015 (double module) In this module you will identify the role a nurse has in negotiating nursing care with patients, families and carers and we will focus in particular on the caring of older people.
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Planning, Intervention and Evaluation of Care with a Focus on Older People
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/nu2015
Module code: NU2015 (double module) In this module you will identify the role a nurse has in negotiating nursing care with patients, families and carers and we will focus in particular on the caring of older people.