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On Difficulty in Early Modern Literature
https://le.ac.uk/english/research/research-projects/past-projects/on-difficulty
Project overview This project is an ongoing research collaboration between Hannah Crawforth (KCL) and Sarah Knight in the School of Arts which brings together scholars working on different aspects of difficulty in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century writing.
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Greater empathy reduces problems with patient care
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/howick
Greater levels of compassion from hospital and clinical staff can reduce persistent problems with patient care says a University expert in empathy
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The University as a military hospital during the Great War
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/campus-history/military-hospital
The University’s building now known as the Fielding Johnson Building was used as a military hospital during the First World War. Find out more about its wartime history.
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The kitten heel: progress for women in politics?
https://le.ac.uk/social-worlds/all-articles/kitten-heel
Read the article "The kitten heel: progress for women in politics?" This is part of the Social Worlds project at the University of Leicester.
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Prejudice & Pride: exploring LGBTQ lives at the National Trust
https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/prejudice-and-pride
This research project enriched and informed the National Trust’s 2017 programme that marked 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality.
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New poll reveals 8 out of 10 students rate university ‘learning experience’ as most important
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/post-covid-survey
New research commissioned by the University of Leicester has revealed how post-COVID, ‘learning experience’ matters most to students (82%), followed by ‘gaining independence’ (78%), green open spaces (78%), and mental health and wellbeing (64%).
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Diabetes professor from Leicester presented with CBE
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/kamlesh-obe
A GP from Leicester who is recognised as the world’s leading diabetes researcher has been presented with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
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New study to explore how personalised drug doses could improve quality of life for people with secondary breast cancer
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/breast-cancer-drug-doses-leicester
A new study by a Leicester researcher will explore how people with incurable secondary (or metastatic) breast cancer experience treatment side effects, and whether personalised drug doses could help improve their quality of life
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SAPPHIRE hosts successful interdisciplinary workshop on antibiotic prescribing
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2018/10/16/sapphire-hosts-successful-interdisciplinary-workshop-on-antibiotic-prescribing/
Posted by ekrockow in SAPPHIRE (Social science APPlied to Healthcare Improvement REsearch) on October 16, 2018 Is antibiotic overuse compromising the efficacy of current drugs? Are we going to run out of effective antibiotics? What interdisciplinary approaches may be useful...
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BBC Radio Leicester – In Perspective
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2021/08/09/bbc-radio-leicester-in-perspective/
A blog that looks at the 'In Perspective' series produced by BBC Radio Leicester in the 1970s.