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The weekend effect in hospitals: Why we need evidence to underpin policy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2016/09/16/the-weekend-effect/
Professor Julian Bion and Dr Carolyn Tarrant discuss the complex evidence behind the weekend effect and efforts to implement 7-Day Services, including results from the HiSLAC study, and emphasise the importance of using independent evidence to underpin healthcare policy.
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“So, can we say ‘skills’?”
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/06/12/so-can-we-say-skills/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 12, 2018 As those whose unhappy lot in life it is to have to listen to me moaning on about matters educational will know, I’m not a big fan of the term ‘skills’.
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University of Leicester experts using AI to help people with dementia remain at home
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/ai-dementia-remain-home-independent
Scientists from Leicester’s School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences are part of new £1.97 million research network
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Evading a flogging by the Whipping Toms
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/02/27/evading-a-flogging-by-the-whipping-toms/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on February 27, 2017 Prior to 1846, Leicester had its own very particular way of celebrating Shrove Tuesday, which precedes the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday and was therefore the occasion for an outburst of eating,...
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Fundamentals of GIS
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy7701
Module code: GY7701 This module provides a broad introduction to the fundamental aspects of GIS in terms of theory, sourcing data, and using software.
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Environment/Nature/Society
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy1412
Module code: GY1412 This module begins with a question that, at first, seems very straightforward but in reality is quite complex: what is nature? You'll be considering the ways that nature has been understood throughout history, by looking at ideas about nature in...
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Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/gy2420
Module code: GY2420 This module explores the wide ranging impacts of human-induced climate change on the atmosphere, biosphere, human populations and economies.
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Environment/Nature/Society
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gy1412
Module code: GY1412 This module begins with a question that, at first, seems very straightforward but in reality is quite complex: what is nature? You'll be considering the ways that nature has been understood throughout history, by looking at ideas about nature in...
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Climate Change: Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gy2420
Module code: GY2420 This module explores the wide ranging impacts of human-induced climate change on the atmosphere, biosphere, human populations and economies.
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Fundamentals of GIS
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gy7701
Module code: GY7701 This module provides a broad introduction to the fundamental aspects of GIS in terms of theory, sourcing data, and using software.