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Teddy bears to teach children about paw health
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/teddy-bears-to-teach-children-about-paw-health
Cuddly toys and their owners, young and old, are invited to receive a special health check at the University’s free family fun day marking the 70th anniversary of the National Health Service.
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Fewer GP appointments and the COVID lockdown have exacerbated declining continuity of care in English general practices
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/levene
A lack of available appointments and the aftermath of the COVID pandemic have exacerbated declining continuity of care in General Practices across England say University of Leicester experts
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Petrophysicist joins ocean drilling research project investigating the origins of life
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/petrophysicist-joins-ocean-drilling-research-project-investigating-the-origins-of-life
On 26 October 2015, the RSS James Cook (pictured) set sail from Southampton on route to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Dr Sally Morgan from the Department of Geology at Leicester, is a petrophysicist within the international team of scientists who are on-board the vessel.
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Antibiotic resistance
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/microbial-sciences/antibiotic-resistance
For decades, we have used antibiotics to treat bacterial infections. Now, we are threatened by bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. Learn more about why this happens and how it can be prevented.
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Useful links
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/useful-links
Further online resources, within the University of Leicester and beyond about Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys life and research.
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Evading a flogging by the Whipping Toms
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2017/02/27/evading-a-flogging-by-the-whipping-toms/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on February 27, 2017 Prior to 1846, Leicester had its own very particular way of celebrating Shrove Tuesday, which precedes the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday and was therefore the occasion for an outburst of eating,...
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Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 11
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/11/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Mars Science Laboratory Blog: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 3
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/page/3/
Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester
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Sage
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/biodiversity/food-growing/edible-campus/sage
Sage and Grapefruit Body Scrub Using sage in beauty treatments has been shown to improve the appearance of your skin by promoting cell renewal, additionally sage has been know to help alleviate skin conditions such as eczema and athletes foot.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/genetic-epidemiology/people
Meet the team behind the Genetic Epidemiology research at the University of Leicester.