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• Cider in Unexpected Places? Rural Chile and the Cider Pressing – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/08/24/cider-in-unexpected-places-rural-chile-and-the-cider-pressing/

  Deborah Toner discusses the social and cultural importance of cider making in rural Southern Chile in South America, summarising the work of Anton Daughters that appears in recent book Alcohol in Latin America: A Social and Cultural History, edited by Gretchen Pierce and...

• Playing Prometheus: some reflections from Australia

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/11/19/playing-prometheus-some-reflections-from-australia/

  Blog on Australia Convict heritage sites and archives

• English for Engineering Winter Programme

  https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/short-courses/dli-winter-programmes/engineering

  A short course to develop participants’ ability to communicate when using English in a chemistry context and to allow students to experience what is like to study chemistry in a British University.

• English for Maths Winter Programme

  https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/short-courses/dli-winter-programmes/maths

  Study on the English for Maths Winter Programme at the University of Leicester. Improve your ability to communicate in English in a maths context.

• Messium graduates from ESA-BIC programme, pioneering hyperspectral innovation in agriculture

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/messium-esa-bic-programme-hyperspectral-innovation-agriculture

  Company using cutting-edge hyperspectral satellite technology in agriculture has been part of prestigious business support programme at Space Park Leicester, the University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park

• Researchers identify simple methods to prevent heart attacks and stroke

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/researchers-identify-simple-methods-to-prevent-heart-attacks-and-stroke

  Simple pharmacological solutions to prevent heart attacks and stroke worldwide have been proven effective by an international team involving Leicester researchers.

• Distrust of Employer’s Responses to COVID-19 Could Increase Both Presenteeism and Absenteeism in UK

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2020/05/20/distrust-of-employers-responses-to-covid-19-could-increase-both-presenteeism-and-absenteeism-in-uk-workplaces/

  Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on May 20, 2020 People’s trust in their employer’s response to COVID-19 will shape their attitudes to returning to the workplace, Professor Stephen Wood writes.

• New History Lab

  https://le.ac.uk/history/study/postgraduate/history-lab

  Find out about our New History Lab group - established by our postgraduate students to encourage meeting people, swapping ideas, discussing their work, and celebrating the diverse range of history being studied at the University of Leicester.

• Fraud and Corruption blog #1: Fraud and Corruption in the Classroom – Kicking the big firm dependenc

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2019/11/05/fraud-and-corruption-in-the-classroom-kicking-the-big-firm-dependency-habit-by-dr-matthew-higgins/

  Posted by Matthew Higgins in School of Business Blog on November 5, 2019 In this blog Dr Matthew Higgins discusses how we can teach fraud and corruption as a socio-political, cultural and economic issue, and provide practical tools and approaches that individuals can draw...

• Acting the Academic

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/05/12/acting-the-academic/

  Posted by Angus Cameron in School of Business Blog on May 12, 2015 Deputy Head of School, Angus Cameron , reflects upon one of the stranger tasks he has been asked to perform: being a central character in a murder mystery novel.