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• Living in Towns: Archaeological Approaches to Medieval Urbanism

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/ar2034

  Module: AR2034  What did towns look like after Roman decline? When do we see a ‘rebirth’ of towns? Were medieval towns heavily fortified? How clean were medieval towns and households? Were medieval towns dominated by religious structures? These are...

• Preview four new exhibitions at Attenborough Arts Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/preview-four-new-exhibitions-at-attenborough-arts-centre

  The University’s Attenborough Arts Centre will be hosting four exhibitions by local and international artists, in their new award winning gallery spaces at a free preview evening on Friday 6 May.

• Cleaning up the oil industry

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/sustaining-world/cleaning-oil-industry

  Crude oil spills are one of the worst environmental disasters. Professor Hongbiao Dong explains the importance of moving away from fossil fuels, and how new welding techniques are reducing pipeline failure rates.

• Wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDXS)

  https://le.ac.uk/cse/research/facilities/advanced-microscopy-facility/microscopes-and-equipment/wdxs

  Here at The University of Leicester, we provide relevant equipment for students, including the Wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDXS or WDS).

• Harnessing the ‘wisdom of crowds’ can help combat antibiotic over prescription

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/wisdom-of-crowds

  A new study has demonstrated that using  the ‘wisdom of crowds’ (also known as collective intelligence) of three or more medical prescribers, can improve decisions about antibiotic prescribing and help combat rising levels of antibiotic resistance.

• Dr Sylvia Pinches

  https://le.ac.uk/english-local-history/people/sylvia-pinches

  Dr Sylvia Pinches received her doctorate in 2001, and has since held a number of posts, including as a researcher for the Compton Verney House Trust and as a curator at 78 Derngate, Northampton.

• Does social media make you happy or unhappy?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2019/03/20/does-social-media-make-you-happy-or-unhappy/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 20, 2019 This week the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Inquiry: “ Managing the Impact of Social Media on Young People’s  Mental...

• Femicide census

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/20/femicide-census/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 20, 2015 The first UK census of women killed by men (2009-2013) was released by Women’s Aid last week.

• Leicester celebrates summer school students

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/leicester-celebrates-summer-school-students

  More than 65 students from Leicestershire and beyond are attending a four-day summer school programme at the University which reaches its finale today (Wednesday 29 June).

• International conference on space security and safety to take place at Space Park Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/space-security-conference

  Space Park Leicester will host the international “Space Security and Safety Dimensions” Conference on Thursday September 28 and Friday 29 September.