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Writer as Intellectual and Physical Drifter: Dr Rob M Francis reflects on his role as David Bradshaw
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2019/07/03/writer-as-intellectual-and-physical-drifter-dr-rob-m-francis-reflects-on-his-role-as-david-bradshaw-creative-writer-in-residence-and-two-of-his-favourite-oxford-sites/
Posted by gboland in Waugh and Words on July 3, 2019 It’s been an absolute pleasure to be the inaugural full time David Bradshaw Writer in Residence. I’ve been thrilled in so many ways and by so many aspects of this amazing project.
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UCEA announces Professor Nishan Canagarajah as new chair
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/ucea-announces-professor-nishan-canagarajah-chair
University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nishan Canagarajah, has been appointed chair of the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA).
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Is it possible to cry a river?
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/is-it-possible-to-cry-a-river-after-tottenhams-defeat-leicester-research-examines-plausibility-of-shedding-enough-tears-to-form-a-river
Musicians Arthur Hamilton, Justin Timberlake and unsympathetic people across the world have encouraged others to ‘cry me a river’, a put-down phrase to make light of people’s problems.
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Scientists deliver world-first lobster X-ray telescope mirror
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/svom-satellite-lobster-mirror
Space scientists at the University of Leicester have delivered a completely new type of super-lightweight X-ray telescope mirror to study the greatest explosions in the Universe since the Big Bang.
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Digitally General: why digital is not always the answer
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/10/12/digitally-general-why-digital-is-not-always-the-answer/
Posted by bcox in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 12, 2018 Making something digital does not always make it better. Why? It not the digital itself that it actually the issue.
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Using Theory in Improvement Research – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2015/06/25/theory-in-improvement/
This SAPPHIRE blog argues that far from being overly complex and irrelevant, theory has a practical role to play in healthcare improvement. We all need to work to make theory more accessible for the front-line practitioners doing improvement work.
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US Space leaders visit Space Park Leicester to strengthen transatlantic collaboration
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/us-space-leaders-visit-space-park-leicester
The University of Leicester’s £100 million space research and innovation centre welcomed a high-level delegation as part of a four-day mission across the UK’s leading space hubs.
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Pioneering research into rare cancer is making a difference
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/fennell
A professor who is ranked the highest in the world in his field is celebrating after receiving a prestigious award for his pioneering research into a rare type of cancer
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Raptorman is conservation hero
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/international-accolade-for-graduate-whose-mission-is-to-save-vultures
A Leicester graduate has been honoured by HRH Princess Royal for his conservation work to save vultures. Dr Munir Virani gained a Master’s degree in 1994 and a PhD in 2000, then under the supervision of Professor Emeritus David Harper.
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Unity is our strength why it is vital to stay in the EU
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/unity-is-our-strength-2013-why-it-is-vital-to-stay-in-the-eu
Liz Kendall, MP for Leicester West and Labour's East Midlands EU Champion visited the University of Leicester’s new Centre for Medicine, which is part-funded by the European Union.