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• Turned off at Execution Dock: Thames Scenery in the City of the Gallows. By Richard Ward

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2016/04/25/turned-off-at-execution-dock-thames-scenery-in-the-city-of-the-gallows-by-richard-ward/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on April 25, 2016   Eighteenth-century London has, with good reason, been called “the city of the gallows”.

• Leicester-led trial shows less invasive cardiac procedure works as well as surgery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/03-tavi-cardiac-trial

  A nationwide study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), assessing a less invasive procedure that addresses a common heart problem has shown that it is just as effective as surgery.

• Surviving results day: Clearing, confidence, and finding the right fit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/surviving-results-day-clearing-confidence-finding-right-fit

  As thousands of people around the country await their A-level grades, the University of Leicester’s Head of UK Student Recruitment, Dan Flatt, explains the ins and outs of surviving results day.

• Air pollution is not just a human problem – it’s also changing the gut of British bumblebees

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/april/bees

  A research team from the University of Leicester is investigating air pollution’s effect on the gut of British bees.

• Is your review viable?

  https://le.ac.uk/library/research-support/systematic-reviews/is-your-review-viable

  Information to decide if a proposed systematic review is viable and how to do a scoping review

• From Gin Lane to Westminster: politics, culture and society in the age of Walpole

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/hs3717

  Module code: HS3717/3718 Module Outline The eighteenth century is a particularly exciting period to study as it is a period of genuine transition from the early modern period, dominated by confessional politics and an agrarian economy, to the modern era of urbanisation and...

• Leicester’s links with China are strengthened by Vice-Chancellor visit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/china

  The University of Leicester strengthened its ties with China with a successful visit to the country, led by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah.

• Leicester expert leads fight to cut India’s annual toll of 50,000 snakebite deaths

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/india-snakes

  A University of Leicester academic is using her expertise to help India cut the number of fatalities from snake-bites.

• Virtual ward for atrial fibrillation patients could prevent thousands of hospital admissions per year

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/atrial

  A new virtual ward to safely treat atrial fibrillation patients could prevent thousands of hospital admissions per year

• Laser-firing spacecraft lauded by Leicester Director

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/laser-firing-spacecraft-lauded-by-leicester-director

  Professor John Remedios, Head and Professor of Earth Observation Science and head of the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) at our University has been involved in an event for a new European Space Agency instrument.