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• Psychology graduate lands job through award-winning Social Work Academy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/psychology-graduate-takes-up-role-with-award-winning-social-work-academy

  A University graduate has taken up a role at Hertfordshire County Council as a social worker after securing a place through the prestigious Social Work Academy.

• Tribute to architect behind iconic Engineering Building

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/tribute-to-architect-behind-iconic-engineering-building

  The architect James Gowan, who co-designed the University of Leicester’s Engineering Building, has died aged 92. He formed a partnership with James Stirling in the 1950s the results of which included our Engineering Building, completed in 1963.

• Student research stories featured by the BBC

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/student-research-stories-featured-by-the-bbc

  Two student-led studies published in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics run by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science have been featured on the BBC's '10 things we didn't know last week', which highlights research about interesting and...

• Book on post-apartheid South Africa by Leicester academic published

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/book-on-post-apartheid-south-africa-by-leicester-academic-published

  Lecturer and South Africa specialist from our University Dr James Hamill has published a new book, Africa’s Lost Leader: South Africa’s Continental Role Since Apartheid.

• The happy ending to the story of ambitious project to refurbish iconic Engineering Building

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/the-2018happy-ending2019-to-the-story-of-ambitious-project-to-refurbish-iconic-engineering-building

  The Herculean task of replacing the iconic roof of one the world’s most revered pieces of 20th-century architecture has been captured on the page by the lead designer of the project.

• Surgical interventions to reduce infection risk

  https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/national-cardiac-surgery-clinical-trials-programme/infection-prevention/risk-factors/patient-risk-assessment/surgical-interventions-to-reduce-infection-risk

  To reduce the risk of patient developing an infection the surgical team have a list of actions that are used prior to and during surgery.

• Five reasons why we need to look at childbirth and the media

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/five-reasons-why-we-need-to-look-at-childbirth-and-the-media

  An academic from our University has discussed ways in which the media shapes society’s perceptions, anxieties and emotions arising out of birth.

• Swirlonic super particles baffle physicists

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/swirlonic

  In recent years, active, self-propelled particles have received growing interest amongst the scientific community.  Examples of active particles and their systems are numerous and very diverse, ranging from bacterium films to flocks of birds or human crowds.

• Gin: The only tonic to Brexit?

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/december/12-gin-only-tonic-to-brexit

  UK and EU flag sprayed onto broken concrete|University of Leicester and Burleighs Gin team up to present a delicious way to engage in Brexit debate. The seemingly endless debate on Brexit has become hard to stomach for many of the British public.

• Evidence Based Practice 1

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/ph1008

  Module code: PH1008 Evidence-based practice is an interdisciplinary approach to clinical practice which is best summarised as the complete, clear, and practical use of current best evidence when making decisions about a patient’s care.