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Two in three NHS staff say improved pay is key to boosting retention
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/nhs-satisfaction-survey-leicester
Improved pay for NHS staff is important to prevent high numbers leaving the service, according to new data from the University of Leicester and University College London
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Leicester professor interviewed for upcoming Canaletto exhibition at the Queens Gallery
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-professor-interviewed-for-upcoming-canaletto-exhibition-at-the-queen2019s-gallery
Venetian born artist Canaletto is most famous for his iconic cityscapes of 18th Century Venice and London and counted King George III among his numerous fans. As a result of the king’s favour, to this day a sizeable proportion of Canaletto’s work is held by the Royal Collection.
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God(desse)s, Wo(men), and Monsters in the Early Germanic World
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3168
Module code: EN3168 In this module you will explore the myths and legends of the Germanic tribes, particularly as represented in Old English and Old Norse sources.
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Student Welfare Service welcomes international students to Leicester with English Tea Party
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/student-welfare-service-welcomes-international-students-to-leicester-with-english-tea-party
Our University has welcomed international students arriving to the University this month with a series of events for International Welcome Week 2017.
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Ptero Firma: footprints pinpoint when ancient flying reptiles conquered the ground
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/ptero-firma-footprints-ancient-flying-reptiles
Study led by the University of Leicester links fossilised flying reptile tracks to animals that made them, revealing a 160-million-year-old invasion as pterosaurs came down from the trees and onto the ground.
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Between Diaspora and the 'Land of Israel': Jewish Dress, Migration and Belonging, 1880s-1948
https://le.ac.uk/research/projects/jewish-dress-migration-belonging
External partners and collaborators|Dress expresses intimate feelings of belonging and identity. A focus on dress is especially rewarding when looking at migrant societies in which people from diverse backgrounds have often different ideas of how one should dress and why.
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Spirit of the 1960s and 70s kept alive in new book about Neil Young
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/the-1960s-and-70s-kept-alive-in-new-book-about-neil-young
A new book on the musical travels of Neil Young, one of the most significant recording and performing artists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, argues that the singer-songwriter is one of only a few music industry figures to still engage in social activism.
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Expert opinions cover gravitational waves pornography and the Sex Buyer Law
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/expert-opinions-cover-gravitational-waves-pornography-and-the-sex-buyer-law
Professor Andrew King from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has written an article for The Conversation discussing the LIGO experiment to detect gravitational waves in space.
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School of Business academics are helping to shine a light on the work of Vietnamese designers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/school-of-business-academics-are-helping-shine-a-light-on-the-work-of-vietnamese-designers
School of Business academics are helping to shine a light on the work of Vietnamese designers School of Business academics are helping to shine a light on the work of Vietnamese designers 1575|School of Business academics are helping shine a light on the work of Vietnamese...
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16th Annual American Studies Lecture will bring a taste of Broadway to Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/16th-annual-american-studies-lecture-will-bring-a-taste-of-new-york-broadway-to-leicester
The Centre for American Studies annual lecture will be delivered this year by Professor Annette Saddik- Professor of English and Theatre at New York City College of Technology and the CUNY Graduate Centre Doctoral Program in Theatre.