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The necessary discomfort of soft intelligence
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2015/10/07/the-necessary-discomfort-of-soft-intelligence/
Posted by Graham Martin in SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch) on October 7, 2015 It’s comforting to have hard facts and figures so that we can feel like we know exactly what went wrong and what went right.
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Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/women-in-engineering
University of Leicester engineers Dr Jinning Zhang and Dr Emine Celiker speak on their experience in the discipline and the importance of more women working in science
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Leicester-led study finds long-COVID leaves tell-tale traces in the blood
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/long-covid
A study into the long-term health impacts of coronavirus, led by experts from the University of Leicester, has found long-COVID leaves tell-tale traces in the blood.
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Professor Jack Spence
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/jack-spence
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Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities Foundation Year
https://le.ac.uk/courses/social-sciences-arts-and-humanities-foundation-year/2026
During this full-time Integrated Foundation Year, you’ll build the academic skills to confidently step into one of our Social Sciences, Arts, or Humanities degrees—while exploring a variety of subjects along the way.
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Finding Helena
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2020/04/28/finding-helena/
Posted by in Waugh and Words on April 28, 2020 May 3rd is the Feast of the Finding of the True Cross. Here Sara Haslam, our volume editor for Evelyn Waugh’s novel about St Helena, reflects on the time she has spent with the woman Waugh credits with the discovery.
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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/135/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Daring Deeds of Valour
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/onthisdayofwar/2016/02/09/daring-deeds-of-valour/
Posted by Philip Shaw in On This Day of War on February 9, 2016 Daring Deeds of Valour By Dr Rachel Bates, University of Leicester The 29 January 2016 marks the 160 th anniversary of the Victoria Cross, a key legacy of the Crimean War (1854-56).
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The Story of Pulque Part 2: A Tangle of Origins – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/03/18/the-story-of-pulque-part-2-a-tangle-of-origins/
Overview of different pre-Columbian narratives about the origins or discovery of pulque, and the various political, historical, and cultural roles these narratives served particularly for the Mexica (Aztecs)
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On threats to freedom of expression in Hungary: blog post by cartoonist Gabor Papai
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/01/14/on-threats-to-freedom-of-expression-in-hungary-blog-post-by-cartoonist-gabor-papai/
A blog post written by cartoonsit Gabor Papai on freedom of expression in Hungary and during the Covid-19 pandemic