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Antibiotic resistance
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/microbial-sciences/antibiotic-resistance
For decades, we have used antibiotics to treat bacterial infections. Now, we are threatened by bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. Learn more about why this happens and how it can be prevented.
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Are you addicted to your smartphone?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/08/07/are-you-addicted-to-your-smartphone/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 7, 2015 According to the latest Ofcom communications market report more people use smartphones than laptops. 33% regard it as their most used device for going online rather than a laptop.
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Caribbean Takeaway Takeover
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/05/20/caribbean-takeaway-takeover/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 20, 2022 Caribbean Takeaway Takeover: Identities and Stories Oral histories of ten Caribbean elders from the Windrush generation, who arrived in the UK between the 1940s-1960s, have been...
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LGBT+ history exhibitons, plus playlist
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/02/23/lgbt-history-exhibitons-plus-playlist/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 23, 2022 Online exhibition from the Bishopsgate Institute to commemorate LGBT+ history month and a physical exhibition they are holding at the Barbican centre.
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The Giant Bible of Mainz
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2022/10/07/the-giant-bible-of-mainz/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 7, 2022 The Giant Bible of Mainz Digitized by the Library of Congress Famous for being one of the last handwritten by a scribe in 1450s.
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Owen Woodley
https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/council/membership/owen-woodley
Owen Woodley joined the Council in March 2026. Owen became a professional artist in 2024 after having spent nearly four decades in the finance and retail sectors. He started work at Barclays where he spent 20 years, both in the UK and also extensively across sub-Saharan Africa.
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Professor Jens Zinke
https://le.ac.uk/people/jens-zinke
The academic profile of Professor Jens Zinke, Professor in Palaeobiology at University of Leicester
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SUREFest – Final Internship Presentations
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/08/04/surefest-final-internship-presentations/
This summer, the School of Physics and Astronomy has hosted 11 interns working as part of the SURE (summer undergraduate research experience) programme.
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Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/scholars-discuss-the-formalisation-and-implications-of-the-anthropocene
Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene Scholars discuss the formalisation and implications of the Anthropocene| The Anthropocene Working Group holds meeting at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. Humans have had a large impact on Earth.
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History and American Studies BA
https://le.ac.uk/courses/history-and-american-studies-ba/2027
Chart the history of America since its beginnings as an independent state all the way through to the modern day, in this joint degree at Leicester.