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Ethnic differences in need for heart pacemakers may have genetic link
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/ethnic-differences-in-need-for-heart-pacemakers-may-have-genetic-link
Researchers have found evidence to show that South Asian people (from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) are less likely to require a pacemaker for an abnormally low heart rate compared to white people of European origin.
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What will human rights laws look like after Brexit
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/what-will-human-rights-laws-look-like-after-brexit
An upcoming event will see legal minds from academic institutions and public bodies join together to examine the future of human rights protection in a post-Brexit future.
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The Production of News
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/ms2000
Module code: MS2000 News is now everywhere in our lives: on our mobile phones, on our laptops and tablets, on our TV screens. More importantly, news is vital for any democratic society.
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The Production of News
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/ms2000
Module code: MS2000 News is now everywhere in our lives: on our mobile phones, on our laptops and tablets, on our TV screens. More importantly, news is vital for any democratic society.
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The Production of News
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/ms2000
Module code: MS2000 News is now everywhere in our lives: on our mobile phones, on our laptops and tablets, on our TV screens. More importantly, news is vital for any democratic society.
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Research
https://le.ac.uk/sustainable-materials-processing/research
Explore the Materials Centre research including their past and current projects.
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gesisDataSearch: a Data Discovery Index for the Social Sciences
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/04/20/gesisdatasearch-a-data-discovery-index-for-the-social-sciences/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 20, 2018 Now in beta, a new tool which will enable researchers to quickly identify high quality social and economic datasets.
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Garth Smithies Taylor (1896-1916)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/14/garth-smithies-taylor-1896-1916/
15 October 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the death in action of Lieutenant Garth Smithies Taylor, a name which many staff and students at the University will have unwittingly passed on numerous occasions when entering the Fielding Johnson Building.
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History and campus
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/campus-history
See how far we’ve come since we were first founded as Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College in 1921 - from getting our Royal Charter in 1957 to the discovery of Richard III’s remains in 2012.
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Assessment as dialogue
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/09/19/assessment-as-dialogue/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on September 19, 2016 The following is a brief summary of a session on assessment as dialogue. The session ran on Wednesday, 14 th September, as part of the LLI’s Focus On… activities .