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Poor reporting limits impact of research into improving surgical care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/poor-reporting-limits-impact-of-research-into-improving-surgical-care
A new review of academic papers has found that the reporting of attempts to improve the quality of care before, during, and after surgery is “suboptimal”.
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Postgraduate
https://le.ac.uk/mcb/study/postgraduate
Postgraduates in Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Leicester have full access research equipment and facilities within the Department and contribute to a significant part of the research output.
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UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad: 'The Struggle of Yazidis against IS'
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/un-goodwill-ambassador-nadia-murad
Summary of a talk to staff, students and public by Nadia Murad, who escaped from ISIS, given on 26 November 2016
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Physics Special Topics: Santa’s Christmas magic is Real
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/12/24/leicester-physics-students-prove-santas-christmas-magic-is-real/
Physics Special Topics: Santa’s Christmas magic is Real
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Team to take on the Three Peaks Challenge in 24 hours
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/team-to-take-on-the-three-peaks-challenge-in-24-hours
A team of students is preparing to climb the highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales to raise awareness of mental health issues.
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Webb Fellowship awarded for the study of giant planets
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/webb-fellow
An early-career planetary scientist has been awarded the third-ever Webb Fellowship and will study the atmospheres of giant planets using the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Phage film receives UK debut at University of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/salt-in-my-soul-screening
Diane Shader Smith, an author in her own right and editor of Mallory’s posthumous book Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life which inspired the film, said: “Mallory didn’t have to die. We call it a preventable tragedy.
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Whats in a name
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/whats-in-a-name
A senior lecturer from the University of Leicester has discussed ‘the politics of naming’ in a debate with the editor of The Independent over the city name: Mumbai or Bombay.
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Managing Knowledge: Dictionaries and Ideology
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en7219
Module code: EN7219 This module traces the beginnings of the modern dictionary in the work of Samuel Johnson and his contemporaries, but concentrates on the great dictionary projects of the nineteenth century, particularly: the Oxford English Dictionary Roget’s...
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Psychological Research Skills 1
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ps1103
Module code: PS1103 This module is focused on the methodology of psychological research, and will introduce how to formulate research questions in psychology and specify research aims and hypotheses. You will develop an understanding of basic statistical concepts (e.g.