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• Cutting for Stone: Perception and Comfort in Patient-Centred Care

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2016/03/14/cutting-for-stone/

  A review of Abraham Verghese's 2009 novel 'Cutting for Stone' which examines the novel's presentation of the importance of observation skills and compassionate care.

• Leicester and Juno

  https://le.ac.uk/juno/leicester-and-juno

  Find out more about Leicester and Juno at the University of Leicester.

• Forthcoming events

  https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/events

  If you're interested in training to teach, we recommend attending an event run by the University of Leicester or one of our partners. These are an opportunity to chat to those running the PGCE course and find out more about what the course involves.

• GlobBiomass

  https://le.ac.uk/clcr/research-projects/globbiomass

  The GlobBiomass project is to better characterize and to reduce uncertainties of forest above ground biomass estimates by developing innovative synergistic mapping approaches.

• Conference to focus on producing graduates with skills employers seek

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/conference-to-focus-on-producing-graduates-with-skills-employers-seek

  The University is enlisting the help of graduate recruiters and employer representatives to identify how its curricula can encourage students to develop the “soft skills” needed in the work place.

• Large-scale changes in environment revealed through land cover map of the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/large-scale-changes-in-environment-revealed-through-land-cover-map-of-the-uk

  Large-scale changes to the environment of the United Kingdom, including an apparent loss of habitats and agricultural land, have been revealed through an updated national map of land cover launched by Leicester researchers together with consultancy company Specto Natura.

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 24 30 September

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-24-30-september

  Dr Jon Moran from the Department of Politics and International Relations has weighed up the pros and cons of armed drones in the skies above us in an article for The Conversation.

• University students work with injured soldiers in unique archaeological project

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/university-students-work-with-injured-soldiers-in-unique-archaeological-project

  A unique collaboration between archaeologists and injured Service personnel sees them pitted in a race against time to discover the secrets of an ancient Roman harbour in Cyprus before they are lost forever to the sea.

• Psychiatrist to travel the globe to help child victims of conflict

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/psychiatrist-to-travel-the-globe-to-help-child-victims-of-conflict

  A child psychiatrist from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour will be embarking on a global mission to raise awareness about child victims of trauma and build models of support to help them.

• Leading heart researchers to appear in BBC documentary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leading-heart-researchers-to-appear-in-bbc-documentary

  Leading heart researchers at our University are to appear in a BBC documentary - after finding a link between red meat and heart disease.