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• Taking a systems-thinking approach can prevent disasters and save lives

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/10-systems-thinking-disaster-prevention

  A new book series by well-known academic Dr Simon Bennett will explore the systems-thinking approach to incident and accident investigation.

• Call to avoid type 2 diabetes made during national campaign to prevent condition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/call-to-avoid-type-2-made-during-national-campaign-to-prevent-condition

  A Leicester man with type 2 diabetes is urging people to do all they can to prevent being diagnosed with the condition which could potentially have “ruined his life”. Patrick Quinn was diagnosed with the condition that is usually associated with poor lifestyle in 2014.

• Professor Gordon Campbell elected as fellow of Royal Society of Canada

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/gordon-campbell-royal-society-of-canada-fellowship

  Gordon Campbell, Emeritus Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Leicester, has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada. His election to what is the senior national council of Canadian scholars is his third recognition by an Academy.

• Women in the 2019 Indian elections – are they the silent majority?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/04/17/women-in-the-2019-indian-elections-are-they-the-silent-majority/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 17, 2019 According to the  Times of India  women are likely to be the silent ‘majority’ as female turnout is predicted to be higher than men’s.

• Bradgate Park Fieldschool Season 1 (2015)

  https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/people-and-places/bradgate-park-fieldschool/season-1-2015

  A summary of year 1 of the Bradgate Park archaeological fieldschool in Leicestershire

• 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

• Korean

  https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/korean

  Study Korean courses for all levels at The University of Leicester.

• Suicides: UK prisons and beyond

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/01/27/suicides-uk-prisons-and-beyond/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 27, 2017 Shocking news this week that the Ministry of Justice has recorded high levels of suicide in prison and an internal enquiry will be launched.

• New approach will help identify drugs that can ‘glue’ proteins together

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/glue-proteins

  A new screening method that can test the effectiveness of therapeutic molecules designed to ‘glue’ proteins together in the body has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham and the University of Leicester.

• Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Representations in Marketing Require more Attention to Context.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2023/02/22/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-representations-in-marketing-require-more-attention-to-context/

  Brands can play an important role in fostering inclusion in our increasingly diverse societies. 38% of the respondents to a recent survey conducted by Adobe, said that they are more likely to purchase products and services from brands that show diversity in their advertisements.