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Paediatric Cardiologist from our University part of team that helped to deliver miracle baby with heart growing outside of her body
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/paediatric-cardiologist-from-our-university-part-of-team-that-helped-to-deliver-2018miracle-baby2019-with-heart-growing-outside-of-her-body
Academic Champion in Paediatric Cardiology Dr Frances Bu’Lock, from our University’s College of Life Sciences, has worked as part of a team of around 50 clinical staff at Glenfield Hospital to bring Vanellope Hope, a baby with an incredibly rare condition which had her heart...
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Anna Rebus - History, consultancy and distance learning
https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies/study/graduate-profiles/anna-rebus
Anna Rebus, graduate of both the MA in Museum Studies and the MA in Heritage and Interpretation, discusses the path she took after obtaining her Masters from the University of Leicester.
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Zoo poo might hold the secrets to new medical treatments
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/phages-dudley-zoo-poo
Scientists at the University of Leicester are hoping the collection of poo from tigers, elephants, rhinos and other exotic animals, could contain the secret to finding new medical treatments.
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Meet Lex….: key characters in the fictional world of Adventures with Lex
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/licl/2015/02/16/meet-lex-key-characters-in-the-fictional-world-of-adventures-with-lex/
Posted by jbarwick in Law in Children's Lives on February 16, 2015 Lex (and Rex) are key characters in the game we are developing as part of our ESRC-funded project, Law in Children’s Lives .
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What I Wish I had Known Before Doing This PhD
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2021/01/21/what-i-wish-i-had-known-before-doing-this-phd/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on January 21, 2021 Today’s post is from Graham Frobisher, who is currently studying part-time for a PhD. Let’s get the elephant firmly out of the room, at the age of 73 I am not a typical or even normal PhD student.
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Cartooning in South Africa: Jonathan Zapiro on the Post-Apartheid ‘Rainbow Nation’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/covid-in-cartoons/2022/01/11/cartooning-south-africa-jonathan-zapiro-post-apartheid-rainbow-nation/
Political cartoonist Jonathan Zapiro (South Africa) is interviewed by Shout Out UK Young Writer Laura Brick.
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Online fact-checking – a growing trend
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/06/online-fact-checking-a-growing-trend/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 6, 2016 A recent report from the Reuters Institute has traced the rise of political fact-checking sites in Europe. It recorded 113 such groups are active today.
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Global Parents Day
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2020/06/04/global-parents-day/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 4, 2020 The First of June is designated by th e United Nations as Global Parents day s o here are some quick research links: Are parents becoming older? Yes in the UK according...
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Hamish Simpson
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/hamish-simpson
We have learned, with great sadness, of the death of Professor Hamish Simpson, former Professor of Paediatrics, who passed away on 4 March 2025, aged 91. Hamish Simpson was born on 23 December 1933 in Glasgow.
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Medicine offers weight-loss hope for patients with type-2 diabetes
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/surpass-2
New research by academics at the University of Leicester published today (Friday) has given fresh hope to patients with type-2 diabetes, after Eli Lilly and Company’s SURPASS-2 clinical trial showed that 60% of patients achieved a 10% percent or greater weight loss with 15 mg...