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How can you measure happiness?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/20/how-can-you-measure-happiness/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 20, 2019 The OECD has discussed methodology (in terms of OECD nations) in a number of its reports.
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Open letter to parents and carers from our President and Vice-Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/parents-letter-from-vice-chancellor
An open letter concerning COVID-19 to parents and carers from President and Vice-Chancellor, Nishan Canagarajah.
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Everyone Welcome, 2019-2021
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/everyone-welcome-201921
Led by public libraries, Books Connect 2 demonstrates how books and reading can inspire innovative ways for libraries, museums and archives to work in partnership with the arts to develop new audiences and new venues for reading inspired creativity.
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Memorial service remembers donors
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/memorial-body-donation-leicester
A memorial service for those who bequeathed their bodies to Leicester Medical School has taken place.
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How fandom can be viewed as a form or substitute for religion
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/how-fandom-can-be-viewed-as-a-form-or-substitute-for-religion
The extent to which mass following of popular culture – popular music stars, TV shows or football fandom – can act as a form of faith for followers is to be explored at an international conference hosted at Leicester between 28-30 July.
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Working together towards active inclusion within surgery
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/medrace/medrace-voices/amardeep-sidki-policy
Amardeep Sidki reflects on working together towards active inclusion within surgery, and changing local policy around the Sikh Kara bangle
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People
https://le.ac.uk/urban-history/people
We have a team of dedicated academic staff, associate tutors, visiting fellows and honorary visiting staff, who are passionate about The Centre for Urban History.
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Exhibitions and projects
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes
Browse the themes explored in the East Midlands Oral History Archive at the University of Leicester.
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Tackling student cheating by reimagining university assessment
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/tackling-student-cheating-by-reimagining-university-assessment
In a recent Guardian article, pro Vice-Chancellor for student experience Professor Jon Scott discusses how the increasing availability of academic ghost writing will necessitate a new way for universities to assess their students.
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Leicester jumps 16 places in student experience rankings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/leicester-jumps-16-places-in-student-experience-rankings
The University of Leicester has jumped up the rankings in the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2015, moving from 42nd to 26th of 113 institutions.