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• Leicestershire and Rutland County Lunatic Asylum

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/campus-history/lunatic-asylum

  What we have known since the 1960s as the Fielding Johnson Building was originally the Leicestershire County Lunatic Asylum: the first public provision of care for pauper ‘lunatics’ (an all-encompassing term used at the time for many mentally and physically debilitating...

• Helping to scaffold students’ reading practices

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2019/09/18/helping-to-scaffold-students-reading-practices/

  Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on September 18, 2019 This is a draft preview version of a resource currently in production.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Summer schools

  https://le.ac.uk/iodp/summer-schools

  Tenth ECORD Summer School: Downhole Logging for Marine Geoscience Location: University of Leicester campus Dates: 8-14 August 2026 Our Summer School introduces the interpretation and applications of downhole logs and physical property data primarily from the...

• 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.

• Wheelchair Rugby champ to compete in International Tournament

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/wheelchair-rugby-champ-to-compete-in-international-tournament-1

  Athlete Nicholas Cummins, who is also a Postgraduate Researcher in our School of History, Politics and International Relations, will be representing team GB at the inaugural King Power Quad Nations.

• Faith in Medication film nominated for national award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/faith-in-medication-film-nominated-for-national-award

  A film made by our University has been nominated for a national award.