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Cutting for Stone: Perception and Comfort in Patient-Centred Care
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2016/03/14/cutting-for-stone/
A review of Abraham Verghese's 2009 novel 'Cutting for Stone' which examines the novel's presentation of the importance of observation skills and compassionate care.
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PhD researchers rise to Three Minute Thesis challenge
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/three-minute-thesis-seaweed
More than 100,000 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were sold in the UK in 2020, with further demand for battery technology in hybrid vehicles.
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Why the universal age-happiness ‘U-shape’ is a myth
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/u-shape-happiness
New research shows that happiness often does not increase as people get older.
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Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Lei
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/page/86/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Social data during the COVID-19 pandemic
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/04/27/social-data-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on April 27, 2020 Useful crowd sources Google Docs being coordinated by Ben Geiger University of Kent and the National Centre for Social Methods.
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Space Park Leicester receives £13.75 million meteoric boost from Government
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/10-ukrpif-announcement-meteor-funding
The University of Leicester is delighted to announce that its new Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Earth Observation Research Centre (METEOR) has received nearly £14 million in funding through Round 6 of Research England’s flagship capital investment scheme,...
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Space Park Leicester and NCEO welcome the community to COP28 celebration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/space-park-community-day
A Community Opening Evening will take place at Space Park Leicester, featuring an array of stands, displays, and activities presented by the University and its partners on 6 December
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University nets crime prevention award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/campus-security-award
The safety of the University of Leicester’s campus has been officially acknowledged with a police award. Secured Environments is a police certification scheme awarded to organisations which have adopted six key principles for protecting themselves against crime.
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University developments shortlisted among region’s best new buildings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/procon-finalists
The Percy Gee Building – first opened by Her Majesty the Queen in 1958, shortly after the University was granted its Royal Charter – has been extended with a new four-storey, 3,000 square metre East Wing.
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350 Years Ago Pepys and the Easter of 1666
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/350-years-ago-pepys-and-the-easter-of-1666
350 years ago, on the Easter of 1666, famous diarist Samuel Pepys recorded how he failed to join a Church of England service at the Chapel in Whitehall Palace as it was too crowded over the festive period.