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• Educational policy and practice: how ‘evidence-based’ can or should it be?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2017/06/12/500/

  Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on June 12, 2017 ‘On the research side, evidence-based education seems to favour a technocratic model in which it is assumed that the only relevant research questions are questions about...

• Could LCFCs sporting success help kick racism into touch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/could-lcfcs-sporting-success-help-kick-racism-into-touch

  Leicester City Football Club’s phenomenal success becoming English Premier League Champions in one of Britain’s most diverse cities has ‘touched the lives’ of people from all walks of life – and could have a positive impact on tackling racism.

• The best of both worlds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/the-best-of-both-worlds

  Becky Lawton, PhD student in the University’s School of History, Politics and International Relations, has recently shared how working collaboratively with our University and the British Library has helped her to build new skills, and pursue the career she wants.

• Data protection guidance

  https://le.ac.uk/library/about/policies/data-protection-guidance

  Informal data protection guidance for researchers consulting archives containing information covered under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation 2018.

• Diabetes milestone for Leicester researchers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/diabetes-milestone-for-leicester-researchers

  A method for assessing people’s chances of having or developing Type 2 diabetes created by Leicester researchers has reached a major milestone - one million people have now been through the Know Your Risk section of the Diabetes UK website, which identifies people who may be...

• Researchers find alternative way to extract high purity silver from used solar panels

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/bsf-solar-cells

  A a new way of extracting valuable metals from end-of-life solar panels has been developed.

• Dryad Collection – basket weaving

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2022/08/30/the-dryad-collection-basket-weaving/

  Posted by cl13 in Library Special Collections on August 30, 2022 As I catalogue the Dryad Collection , I was surprised to see that the books on basket weaving not only included “How to” manuals, but also books that were concerned with the cultivation of the types of natural...

• Health outcomes of ethnic minorities living in cities explored in national report

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/ethnic-health

  Leading professors from the University of Leicester and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities in London have provided key recommendations in the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) annual report to enhance care for ethnic minority populations living in cities

• Battery research project involving Leicester receives fresh investment from Faraday Institution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/battery-recycling-faraday

  University of Leicester scientists will lend their expertise to the Recycling and Reuse (ReLiB) project, which will develop, improve and scale recycling technologies and transition them to industry.

• Diverse range of events taking place at the University of Leicester to celebrate Black History Month 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/28-black-history-month

  Mental health discussions, student-led initiatives and Leicester’s hidden Black history among events marking Black History Month in the UK