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• The Belmont House Society and the Founding of the University

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/09/13/the-belmont-house-society-and-the-founding-of-the-university-of-leicester/

  The contribution of the Belmont House Society to the founding of the University of Leicester

• The destruction of Old St Paul’s

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/09/01/the-destruction-of-old-st-pauls/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on September 1, 2016 350 years ago this month, during the early hours of Sunday 2 September 1666, the Great Fire of London, which had broken out in the Pudding Lane bakery of Thomas Farynor, began to spread with...

• Survey ranks Leicester among most cost effective universities at which to study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/survey-ranks-leicester-among-most-cost-effective-universities-to-study-at

  A new survey that compares study-related expenses at universities includes the University of Leicester among the fifteen least expensive universities. The Daily Telegraph has reported on research conducted by the comparison website GoCompare.

• Study finds wage and employment freezes impact on morale

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/study-finds-wage-and-employment-freezes-impact-on-morale

  Wage and employment freezes and other actions taken to combat recessions may compromise the positive effect that employee empowerment may have on staff morale and in turn performance.

• Exceptional & Extraordinary

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/exceptional-and-extraordinary

  Exceptional & Extraordinary has commissioned four disabled artists to create four emotionally powerful, impactful, provocative and high-quality artworks.

• The Madonna of the pinks

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/madonna-of-the-pinks

  RCMG was commissioned to carry out an evaluation of the impact of Raphael’s Madonna of the Pinks on young people unfamiliar with art galleries.

• Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/110/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Leicester leads study pointing to postcode lottery in aneurysm care

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-leads-study-pointing-to-postcode-lottery-in-aneurysm-care

  A postcode lottery in access to treatment means people suffering from thoracic aortic diseases are up to four times more likely to receive treatment in some parts of the UK compared to others, according to new research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and led by...

• Study finds accuracy of sexual assault testimonies is not affected by alcohol intoxication

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/study-finds-accuracy-of-sexual-assault-testimonies-is-not-affected-by-alcohol-intoxication

  People are often concerned about the accuracy of testimony given by victims who were intoxicated during a sexual assault – but a new study by Leicester researchers has found that while alcohol intoxicated participants report fewer pieces of information about an assault,...

• Study shows rise in avoidable diabetes hospital visits

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/study-shows-rise-in-avoidable-diabetes-hospital-visits

  Hospital admissions for a short-term and avoidable complication of diabetes have risen by 39 per cent in the last ten years, a new analysis has concluded.