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On the staff: the rocking chair years University of Leicester staff blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/09/17/on-the-staff-the-rocking-chair-years/
Posted by Gordon Campbell in School of English Blog on September 17, 2013 In most professions, retirement means stopping work, taking a long holiday, and turning to charitable and leisure pursuits, or possibly to drink.
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Leicester expert discusses the rise of bingewatching through new digital platforms
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/leicester-expert-discusses-the-rise-of-2018binge-watching2019-through-new-digital-platforms
Fans of popular TV programmes such as Game of Thrones, the Walking Dead or Orange is the New Black may be familiar with the idea of binge-watching – sitting back and watching through multiple episodes of shows which carry an almost addictive quality.
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Monitoring wound infections
https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/national-cardiac-surgery-clinical-trials-programme/infection-prevention/monitoring-wound-infections
Explanation of how hospitals monitor patients after surgery to find out how many go on to develop a wound infection.
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Astronomers join hunt for Einsteins gravitational sirens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/astronomers-join-hunt-for-einstein2019s-gravitational-sirens
The first detection of gravitational waves was announced today by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration - and Leicester astronomers were among the first to respond to the detection, searching for the counterpart with X-ray and infra-red telescopes.
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University urges others to support The Big Help Out volunteer drive
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/big-help-out
A major Leicester institution with a proud history of supporting communities has thrown its weight behind a nationwide volunteering project which marks the Coronation of His Majesty the King.
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Cultures of the Caribbean past and present in podcast
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/cultures-of-the-caribbean-past-and-present-in-podcast
A Leicester archaeologist has launched a new podcast that explores the fascinating history of the Caribbean Islands as told through its objects.
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Critical Discourse Perspectives
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en7518
Module code: EN7518 In this module you'll build on the Block 2 module, Discourse Analysis, to investigate critical approaches to the analysis of discourse, in particular Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and its main branches (e.g.
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Reduced Noise Impacts of Short-Term Aircraft Noise (RISTANCO)
https://le.ac.uk/cehs/research/reduced-noise-impacts-of-short-term-aircraft-noise
Principal Investigator - Anna Hansell This National Institute of Health Research funded study aims to investigate whether day-to-day changes in aircraft noise levels affect risk of heart attack and stroke in the population living near airports.
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Professor Richard Ambrosi
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/great-minds/richard-ambrosi
Professor Richard Ambrosi: Expert in space exploration, and your mission for a master’s. Its imperative that we start thinking about how we transform the space sector from space 2.0 to space 4.
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Students advised on community engagement through faith-based activities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/students-advised-on-community-engagement-through-faith-based-activities
Our University is partnering with the St Philip’s Centre to mark national Interfaith Week. On Tuesday 14 November, the University with the Chaplaincy, student societies and St Philips will organise a student-centred event led by Dr.