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  • A Historical Long View of Posthumous Harm: Comparing organ snatching to body-snatching. By Floris To

    Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on May 16, 2016   Improper Procurement and Retention   Taking organs of dead children without parental permission at Alder Hey is a practice The Economist (2001) dubbed the ‘return of the body-snatchers’.

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  • University of Leicester developing piloting system for potential first AI space pilot

    Computer scientist receive £ 34,846 funding from UK Space Agency for spacecraft piloting system using artificial intelligence, the AI Guidance, Navigation and Control system will be used for a new rocket engine to help spacecraft servicing in-orbit satellites.

  • Training in Azerbaijan

    Staff from the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) recently returned from delivering a week long programme at Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction (AUAC).

  • Sofa generation causing epidemic of Type 2 diabetes

    The nation’s lack of physical activity is leading to a new “sofa generation” at risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to Professor Melanie Davies (pictured), an internationally renowned expert in Type 2 diabetes and Co-Director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre.

  • Academics contribute to major project celebrating 80 years of British TV

    Professor Helen Wood and Dr Jilly Boyce Kay from the School  of Media, Communication and Sociology have contributed to BBC History’s new archive to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the launch of the first British television service by the BBC.

  • He answered his emails instantly – What an Epitaph.

    Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on April 11, 2019 Back in August I published Blog Post titled “When you’re working you’re working”.

  • Newborns, migrants and the idea of home explored at University of Leicester lectures

    Doctoral Inaugural Lectures on 3 October discuss length of stay in neonatal care and home-making practices of migrants

  • 22,000 children aged 10 and 11 are obese

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 1, 2018 …according to the latest report from the Local Government Association. The House of Commons also released the report: House of Commons Health Committee Childhood obesity: Time for action.

  • Leicester Oral History Archive collection

    The Leicester Oral History Archive is an extensive collection of over 500 interviews with a wide range of interview topics such as health, childhood, education, housing and many others. Learn more about the project.

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