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• Human intelligence just got less mysterious, according to Leicester University’s neuroscientists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/human-intelligence

  Neuroscience experts from the University of Leicester have released research that breaks with the past fifty years of neuroscientific opinion, arguing that the way we store memories is key to making human intelligence superior to that of animals.

• New five-year plan set to boost Leicester’s creative economy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/cultural-strategy

  A five-year strategy that aims to create thousands of new jobs in Leicester’s creative economy and engage hundreds more adults in the city’s arts and cultural offer has been backed by the University of Leicester.

• Breakthrough in lung cancer treatment is based on University of Leicester specialist’s 20 year old discovery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/dean-fennell

  A breakthrough in treatment for an aggressive fatal lung disease has been made thanks to a two decades’ old discovery by a University of Leicester cancer specialist.

• Our Space Heritage: Public event to celebrate Leicester’s long-standing space expertise

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/our-space-heritage

  Professor Pounds, who was also guest of honour at the opening of Leicester’s new Space Research Centre earlier this year, said: “Moving to a lectureship in Leicester from the UCL Rocket Group – with a doctoral thesis still incomplete – reflected the pace of change in the...

• Learning outcomes in higher education: what’s being blogged – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/02/18/loblogs/

  The 'Learning Outcomes Project' at the University of Leicester. What's being blogged about learning outcomes in higher education?

• Attenborough Arts to host British artist’s largest solo exhibition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/april/11-aaron-williamson-attenborough-arts

  A new exhibition of the work of renowned British artist Aaron Williamson opens at the University of Leicester’s Attenborough Arts Centre on Saturday 11 May 2019.

• Women’s experiences of lockdown make up House of Commons exhibition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/lockdown-women

  A virtual exhibition that highlights the experiences of women during the pandemic launches at the House of Commons this week. Lockdown House is a collaborative project between University of Leicester, University of Lincoln and Robert Gordon University.

• Where is the World’s Most Expensive City?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/22/where-is-the-worlds-most-expensive-city/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 22, 2019 …according to the latest EIU intelligence report?  In 2019 it was shared by Singapore, Hong Kong and Paris.  The least expensive city is Caracas, Venezuela.

• A practitioner’s musings on theory and Quality Improvement – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2015/07/08/theory-and-quality-improvement/

  As a PhD student and practising physiotherapist, Emma Jones is perfectly placed to consider the ways in which academic theory, often considered remote and confusing, can be used in day-to-day clinical practice.

• Arctic rocket launch could uncover unique features of Earth’s life-sustaining atmosphere

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/endurance-launch

  Glyn Collinson, a space scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and PI for the Endurance mission said: “It’s one of the most fundamental questions in all of science: Why are we here? And it’s what Endurance is after.