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Former childrens laureate Michael Morpurgo to speak to packed audience
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/former-children2019s-laureate-michael-morpurgo-to-speak-to-packed-audience
The University is to welcome the popular and award-winning children’s writer Michael Morpurgo as he delivers its 2017 Annual Creative Writing Lecture this week to a packed house.
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University researchers contribute to new announcement aiming to improve person-centred care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/university-researchers-contribute-to-new-announcement-aiming-to-improve-person-centred-care
NHS England has today announced a deal seeking to improve access to more person-centred care as part of its developing Self Care programme.
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Mick Herron, Bernadine Evaristo, Nina Stibbe and Kit de Waal headline 2023 Literary Leicester festival
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/literary-leicester
The programme for Literary Leicester, the University of Leicester's annual free literary festival, has been announced today. Literary Leicester will take place between Wednesday 22 March and Saturday 25 March at the university and other venues across the city.
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Nottingham Local Studies Library
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/11/23/nottingham-local-studies-library/
A page describing the collections from Nottingham Local Studies Library that UOSH has worked with.
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Evelyn Waugh Conference 2015 – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2015/05/26/evelyn-waugh-conference-2015/
Write up of Evelyn Waugh and His Circle: Reading and Editing the Complete Works conference
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Expert panel to open up menopause ‘taboo’ at public discussion
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/difficult-conversations-menopause
Professor King said: “What we wanted to do with this series is to talk about topics that are potentially quite difficult ones to talk about.
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Leicester research aims to tackle overheating in children’s hospital wards
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/leicester-research-overheating-childrens-hospital-wards
The University of Leicester is part of a study which aims to reduce the health risks posed by children’s hospital wards heating up due to climate change.
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“Richard III is a good conversation opener…”
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/sarah-hainsworth
Professor Sarah Hainsworth OBE, looks back at the most thrilling chapter of her career.
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Large-scale study suggests under 45s and women more likely to gain weight and jump a BMI category during COVID-19 lockdown
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/covid-bmi
A large-scale study of almost a million UK adults led by Leicester researchers has revealed that under 45s and women were more likely to gain weight and jump a body mass index (BMI) category during COVID-19 lockdown.
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Sky at Night scientist is unveiled as next University of Leicester Chancellor
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/july/margaret-aderin
Space scientist and presenter of the BBC’s The Sky at Night, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, is to be installed as the new Chancellor of the University of Leicester.