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• The Knowledge ‘versus’ Skills Debate, Part 1: forgetting what we know about knowledge.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/05/24/the-knowledge-versus-skills-debate-part-1-forgetting-what-we-know-about-knowledge/

  Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on May 24, 2018 One of the many poorly-framed, point-missing ‘debates’ that regularly plague contemporary education goes something like this: ‘should education be focused primarily on...

• Use genetic data to predict the best time of day to give radiotherapy to breast cancer patients, say Researchers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/15-radiotherapy-breast-cancer

  A new clinical study conducted in the HOPE clinical trials facility at Leicester’s Hospitals has revealed the pivotal role that changing the time of day that a patient receives radiotherapy could play in altering radiotherapy toxicity.

• Social Security and the Gig Economy – Lessons from the French Intermittents du Spectable scheme.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2023/12/07/social-security-and-the-gig-economy-lessons-from-the-french-intermittents-du-spectable-scheme/

  Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on December 7, 2023 A radical redesign of the UK benefits system for gig economy workers could draw inspiration from a French scheme that covers art industry workers writes Guillaume Wilemme and Piotr Denderski of the...

• Spirit of the 1960s and 70s kept alive in new book about Neil Young

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/the-1960s-and-70s-kept-alive-in-new-book-about-neil-young

  A new book on the musical travels of Neil Young, one of the most significant recording and performing artists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, argues that the singer-songwriter is one of only a few music industry figures to still engage in social activism.

• Cast of ancient skull of Bede the Father of English history rediscovered

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/cast-of-ancient-skull-of-bede-the-father-of-english-history-rediscovered

  A cast of the skull of Bede – the ‘Father of English History’ – has been rediscovered by Professor Jo Story from the School of History within the anatomical collections of the Duckworth Laboratory in the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies (LCHES) at the...

• University Criminologist to lead plenary session at international justice conference

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/university-criminologist-to-lead-plenary-session-at-international-justice-conference

  Professor Neil Chakraborti (pictured) – Head of the Department of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Hate Studies – has been invited to deliver a plenary paper as part of an international justice conference held to mark the Howard League for Penal Reform’s 150th birthday.

• Professor Henrietta O'Connor appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of College

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/15-henrietta-o-connor-new-pro-vc-head-of-college

  The University of Leicester is delighted to announce that Professor Henrietta O'Connor has been appointed to the role leading the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities.

• Expertise and support for businesses

  https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/services-for-business

  Find out about the different ways that the Department of Informatics at the University of Leicester can help support your business - from student placements to consultation and training.

• Psychology Vision Sciences student complaints procedure

  https://le.ac.uk/psychology-vision-sciences/student-complaints

  The School of Psychology welcomes feedback, and we understand that occasionally you may wish to make a complaint. Find out about our student feedback and complaints procedure.

• International recognition for world-first virtual autopsy courses

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/21-recognition-for-virtual-autopsy-courses

  Forensic imaging courses from the East Midlands Pathology Unit are first to be accredited by international professional body.