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• Why Academics Need to Engage in Public and Political Discourse

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2020/08/04/why-academics-need-to-engage-in-public-and-political-discourse/

  Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on August 4, 2020   People often struggle to distinguish between the advice of a charlatan and an expert, meaning that academic input into public discussions of important issues such as COVID-19 is vital, writes Aris...

• Microbiologist honoured with bug named after him

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/microbiologist-has-bug-named-after-him

  Microbiologist Bill Grant (pictured), Emeritus Professor in the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation has a new honour to add alongside his career accolades - he has a bug named after him.

• Lesley Wylie

  https://le.ac.uk/people/lesley-wylie

  The academic profile of Professor Lesley Wylie, Professor of Latin American Studies at University of Leicester

• Leicester Medical School celebrates its first half-century

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/medical-school-anniversary-50-years-leicester

  A medical school which has produced more than 7,000 doctors celebrated its 50th anniversary with a landmark celebration event in Leicester.

• Lines of descent

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/identification/genetics/lines-of-descent

  DNA analysis of the Greyfriars bones was crucial to confirming their identity as those of Richard III. But that analysis would be meaningless without something for comparison.

• Talking points a range of topics tackled by academics 16 April

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/talking-points-a-range-of-topics-tackled-by-academics-this-week

  Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans from the Centre for Medical Humanities has contributed an article to The Conversation looking into research by NSPCC Childline suggesting that in a poll of nearly 700 12 to 13-year-olds in the UK, one in five had viewed pornographic images...

• Andrew Dunn: Page 89

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/89/

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• Case study - Perry Draycott

  https://le.ac.uk/cls/study/armed-forces/case-study-perry-draycott

  Hear from Perry Draycott, an ex Armed Forces member, who joined the Operating Department Practitioner at Leicester through the Armed Forces in Allied Health programme at Leicester.

• Study finds final year individual bonuses are counter-productive

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/study-finds-final-year-individual-bonuses-are-counter-productive

  A new study by researchers in the UK and Australia has found it makes better business sense to reward team performance rather than provide individual bonuses – and that group rewards generate the top-performing individuals.

• Leicester is top in the country for student affordability

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-is-top-in-the-country-for-student-affordability

  Leicester has been identified as the cheapest UK city for students – this is the third survey this year that has placed Leicester in the UK top 10.