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Leicester scientists in discovery of new type of plant
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-scientists-in-discovery-of-new-type-of-plant
Dr James Higgins from our Department of Genetics and Genome Biology has been involved in the discovery of a new type of plant growing in Shetland. Scientists at the University of Stirling discovered the plant – with its evolution only having occurred in the last 200 years.
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Bullying and Discrimination accounts for 37% additional NHS mental health worker sick-leave
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/11/25/bullying-and-discrimination-accounts-for-37-additional-nhs-mental-health-worker-sick-leave/
Posted by Stephen Wood in School of Business Blog on November 25, 2015 Professor of Management at the School, Stephen Wood , presents some of the findings – and methodology – from the National Survey of Staff Morale amongst Mental Health Staff 2013’s Francis report on the...
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Osteology - reading the bones
https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/osteology
Specialists analysed the skeleton to determine the age and sex of the individual, the spinal abnormalities are identified and the wounds characterised.
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Anarchism and/or Management?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2013/11/20/anarchism-andor-management/
Posted by Thomas Swann in School of Business Blog on November 20, 2013 Management and anarchism have something very superficial in common – most people loathe them.
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Leicester alumni boost research into student vaccine uptake
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/alumni-covid-funding
Research focused on improving vaccine uptake in university students has been given a boost this week after the University of Leicester’s Alumni Association Committee made a generous donation of £5,000 to the University’s Vice-Chancellor Nishan Canagarajah on Monday 21st...
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University of Leicester honours charity chief for raising the ambitions of hundreds of thousands of young people
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/university-leicester-honours-charity-chief-raising-ambitions-hundreds-thousands-young-people
The co-founder of a social mobility charity devoted to raising young people’s educational aspirations has received an honorary award from the University of Leicester.
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Wendy Hickling OBE, JP, DL (1936-2017)
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/wendy-hickling
“In our rooms, with outstretched arms you could touch each wall. You were allowed five items on your dressing table and nothing on the radiator. If you contravened this rule your surplus items were confiscated and you had to pay to get them back.
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How to Train Your Dragonto Fly
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/how-to-train-your-dragon-to-fly
The breeds of dragon from the popular DreamWorks film series How to Train Your Dragon, based on the books by author Cressida Cowell, are of varying size and shape, ranging from the small but aggressive Terrible Terror which is just over a foot...
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Leicester creates ‘dynamic partnership’ with Allama Iqbal Open University
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/aiou-partnership
The University of Leicester has today (Thursday) committed to collaborate with one of the world’s largest universities to deliver a new faculty development programme.
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MA dissertations 1956-2020
https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/study/postgraduate/dissertations-and-theses/ma-dissertations-1956-2020
MA dissertations undertaken by our alumni between 1965 and 2020 2020 Brookes, J. Shaping Worfield: lordly avarice, neighbourhood watch or wider forces: social change in rural Shropshire, 1440-1660. Coyne, A.