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Eleanor Bloomfield
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/author/eleanor_van-kroonenburg/
Lest We Forget: Remembering George Eades Posted by Eleanor Bloomfield in Library and Learning Services on November 28, 2025 1 On 11th November 2025 Archives and Special Collections hosted a visit from Steve and Sheron Wilkinson.
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Leicester event will mark World Tuberculosis Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/tuberculosis-research-attenborough-arts-sanatorium
The Leicester Tuberculosis Research Group is hosting a special event to mark World TB Day on Tuesday (24 March).
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Measuring rural poverty
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/04/29/measuring-rural-poverty/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 29, 2014 Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool (MPAT) The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has just released this new tool which can be used to measure rural...
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Divestment
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/climate-change/divestment
The University of Leicester are pleased to state that, as part of our Climate Strategy, have directly divested from fossil fuels in the management of our endowed funds. Our endowment strategy, managed by Goldman Sachs, is as follows
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University of Leicester Discovering Excellence Staff Awards
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/ult/2016/11/01/the-discovering-excellence-awards-finalists/
On Thursday 10 November we have an exciting first for the University; the inaugural Discovering Excellence Staff Awards.
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Expert opinions cover heart disease migraines Salisbury and World Sleep Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/expert-opinions-cover-heart-attacks-migraines-salisbury-and-world-sleep-day
In an article for The Conversation, Dr Tom Webb and Professors Alison Goodall and Shu Ye have discussed possible reasons why age is such as strong risk factor for heart disease.
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Upcoming dates for Professorial Inaugural Lecture series announced
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/upcoming-dates-for-professorial-inaugural-lecture-series-announced
Academics from the University of Leicester will discuss their areas of expertise as part of the Professorial Inaugural Lecture series, with new dates announced for the final months of 2017.
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Programme for Tuesday 4 November
https://le.ac.uk/genetic-epidemiology/respiratory-genomics-conference/programme-for-tuesday
8.30 - 9.15 Arrival Refreshments and Networking (Kempe and Newton) Closet space is available in each of these rooms for coats and luggage. Self-service tea and coffee stations are also available.
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Leicester StreetDoctors team give emergency first aid training
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicesters-streetdoctors-team-give-life-saving-first-aid-training-to-hitz-rugby-group
A team of volunteer medical students from our University working as members of national volunteering organisation StreetDoctors visited Leicester Tigers last week to deliver a day of emergency first-aid training to members of the HITZ Rugby group.
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Viking figurines were ‘more than just jewellery’, and were used and handled in a variety of ways, including long-term curation, 'decapitation', and attached to Christian artefacts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/viking-jewellery-mythology-silver-bronze
Senior author Dr Christina Tsoraki, of the School of Heritage and Culture, University of Leicester adds, "By studying the wear of the 'valkyrie' pendants -- the valkyries being female mythological beings that would bring slain warriors from the battlefield to...