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• The Convict Hulks of Bermuda

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/06/26/the-convict-hulks-of-bermuda/

  Posted by Clare Anderson in Carceral Archipelago on June 26, 2014 I have long been interested in Bermuda. Like the island that I studied for my PhD thesis, Mauritius, it has no indigenous population.

• Launch of telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/launch-of-telescope-for-detecting-optical-signals-from-gravitational-waves

  A state-of-the-art telescope for detecting optical signatures of gravitational waves - built and operated by an international research collaboration, led by the Universities of Warwick and Monash - has been officially launched.

• John Evelyn and the war with the Dutch

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2015/10/20/john-evelyn-and-the-war-with-the-dutch/

  Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on October 20, 2015 Engraved portrait of John Evelyn by W. H. Worthington, from an original painting by Walker. From the Fairclough Collection, EP36, Box 3, p. 310.

• Challenges faced by aspiring female headteachers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/challenges-faced-by-aspiring-female-headteachers

  The University of Leicester’s Doctoral Inaugural lectures series continues on Wednesday 23 May, when two new speakers from the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities will share their research into the topics of education, and social relations.

• New app launched to support estimated 175,000 people in the UK with Lynch Syndrome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/lynch-syndrome

  A new app has been launched with the help of the University of Leicester, to help people living with Lynch Syndrome to monitor and manage their condition, alongside their treating clinicians

• University involved in project to help children with asthma

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/university-involved-in-project-to-help-children-with-asthma

  Owlstone Medical, a diagnostics company, has announced it has developed and received CE mark approval for a paediatric version of the company’s disease breathalyzer, ReCIVA™, which is now being used in EMBER (the East Midlands Breathomics Pathology Node).

• Greater empathy reduces problems with patient care

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/howick

  Greater levels of compassion from hospital and clinical staff can reduce persistent problems with patient care says a University expert in empathy

• Terms and conditions of your offer

  https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/ts-and-cs

  1. Terms and conditions of agreement relating to this offer 1.1 The full terms and conditions of your agreement with the University regarding the Offer are contained in the regulations made by the University’s Senate (Senate Regulations). 1.

• Zombie apocalypse would potentially wipe out humanity in just 100 days students calculate

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/zombie-apocalypse-would-wipe-out-humanity-in-just-100-days-students-calculate

  A real-life zombie outbreak would leave the world’s population in shambles, with less than 300 survivors remaining a mere one hundred days into the apocalypse, according to students from the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

• First time mothers needed for pre-eclampsia study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/first-time-mothers-needed-for-pre-eclampsia-study

  Leicester researchers are looking at why women who suffer from a dangerous condition during pregnancy are at greater risk of stroke or heart disease in later life.