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A tulip bulb, the value of which would have fed ‘a whole ship’s crew for a twelvemonth’
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/04/07/a-tulip-bulb-the-value-of-which-would-have-fed-a-whole-ships-crew-for-a-twelvemonth/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on April 7, 2017 The tulip, with its bold, eye-catching flowers in a wide variety of gorgeous colours, is in bloom, in many of our spring gardens, making one of their most striking features.
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Post-Mortem Punishment: A Fate Worse than Death? By Rachel Bennett
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2015/09/14/post-mortem-punishment-a-fate-worse-than-death/
Posted by Rachel Bennett in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on September 14, 2015 A key question I have repeatedly asked myself in the researching and writing up of my PhD thesis, and one that permeates the Criminal Corpse project, asks why punish the dead? The 1752 Murder...
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Distance Learning Summer School – Inspiring Students in Three Tenses.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/2013/07/10/distance-learning-summer-school-inspiring-students-in-three-tenses/
Posted by Robin Clarke in School of Museum Studies Blog on July 10, 2013 Students at Summer School 2013 One of the nice things about the School of Museum Studies is the tremendous sense of community.
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Management
https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/supervision/management
Find your research degree supervisor in Management at Leicester.
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SAPPHIRE Spotlight: Emmilie Aveling
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2016/01/12/emmilie-aveling/
An interview with Dr EL Aveling about her work on the Surgical Safety Checklist, comparing health interventions in different global contexts, and what her background in non-governmental and social welfare organisations showed her about the importance of healthcare research.
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The curse of zombie fossils
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/the-curse-of-zombie-fossils
New research has revealed how the history of life can be distorted by the ways animals decompose and lose body parts as they decay - and the ways in which decayed bodies ultimately become fossilised.
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‘Learning outcomes’ as a tool for student and tutor reflection – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/loproject/2014/08/28/reflection/
The 'Learning Outcomes Project' at the University of Leicester. ‘Learning outcomes’ as a tool for student and tutor reflection.
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Mapping vanished Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/01/06/mapping-vanished-leicester/
More than 1000 photographs of streets and individual buildings in Leicester demolished between 1955 to 1975, mainly as a result of the postwar slum clearance programme, but also in connection with other developments.
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Roman mosaics
https://le.ac.uk/engagement/case-studies/csr/roman-mosaics
In May 2017, archaeologists from University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) opened up their latest dig to the public, revealing large, well-preserved Roman mosaics.
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Waugh and the Oliviers – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/03/09/waugh-and-the-oliviers/
The unrealised Olivier film adaptation of Waugh's novella The Loved One.