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Blog 2: Impact of the Second World War on University College Leicester. Guest post by Jenni Hunt.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/03/25/blog-2-impact-of-the-second-world-war-on-university-college-leicester-guest-post-by-jenni-hunt/
Posted by vholmes in Library Special Collections on March 25, 2021 Introduction I am currently working on listing the University of Leicester’s administrative archive, as part of the National Lottery Heritage Fund supported “So That They May Have Life” project, celebrating...
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Pokmon Go helps highlight Leicesters inventive approach to communications
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/pokemon-go-helps-to-highlight-leicesters-inventive-approach-to-communications
The Pokémon Go craze has helped millions of people around the world to ease the Type 2 diabetes burden by walking and catching digital monsters. Now, the viral app has helped our University snag an accolade for its 'inventive' approach to communications.
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NHS COVID patient recovery website launched
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/your-covid-recovery
A new project to help rehabilitate thousands of patients across the UK who are recovering from COVID-19 has been launched by NHS England in collaboration with NHS Improvement, the University of Leicester, and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL).
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Adele Parks: My time at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/english/about/famous-names/adele-parks
Find out what bestselling author Adele Parks remembers about her time studying English at the University of Leicester.
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History of Sex and Crime in Wales
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/research-stories/history-of-sex-and-crime-in-wales
History of sex and crime in eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Wales
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The Adventures of Charles Letagne – A Salutary Tale of Ethical Responsibility
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2020/08/13/the-adventures-of-charles-letagne-a-salutary-tale-of-ethical-responsibility/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on August 13, 2020 A former colleague, who I worked with in an academic context, derived great amusement from referring to a paper by the (imaginary) academic Charles Letagne.
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Contents of display case draw
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-5/
8. Beeswax, barley and maize were all used in the processes of creating a manuscript. A feather quill and reed pen were used to put ink on the parchment. An example of quarter sawn book board is also shown.
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People Studying People: Research Ethics in Society MOOC
https://le.ac.uk/courses/mooc-people-studying-people-research-ethics-in-society/2020
This is for you if... you want to explore the value of ethical thinking for research, using an ethical appraisal framework to develop and evaluate studies.
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Pedagogy and the COVID-19 Pandemic; the Covid in Cartoons project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/01/11/pedagogy-and-the-covid-19-pandemic-the-covid-in-cartoons-project/
Presentation of the AHRC-funded Covid in Cartoons project, a collaboration between University of Leicester, Shout Out UK and Cartooning for Peace.
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Fire and ice: the Antarctic volcanoes that hint at our climate future
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/john-smellie-antarctica-volcanoes-climate
Professor John Smellie, Honorary Professor in the School of Geology, Geography and the Environment, talks about his career and his love of the volcanoes of the Antarctic as he receives his second Polar Medal.