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Initiative aims to address health challenges of an ageing population
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/blue-zones
An initiative involving the University of Leicester aims to address the growing health challenges of an ageing UK population.
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Endometrial cancer conference will bring experts together to discuss treatment advances
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/endometrial-cancer
A gynaecological oncology expert from the University of Leicester will speak about surgical developments including robotic surgery at a conference for endometrial cancer this month.
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Contents of display case draw
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-4/
9. Scrapers like this were used to remove hair and fat from the animal skin used to make parchment. The scents of Frankincense, Myrrh and Lubanja are sometimes retained within the folios of a manuscript and can still be smelt if we are lucky enough to get close enough.
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MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript, front cover
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-8/
3. MS 210, Ethiopic manuscript, front cover. The book board is only partially covered in tanned leather and has been repaired. The nature of the repair suggests it may have been made 'on the fly'.
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Parchment used in immersive experience
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2018/06/08/the-beast-in-me-guest-post-by-armand-de-filippo-museum-studies/dav-3/
10. A full-size piece of vellum (calf-skin) suspended on a frame and prepared ready for writing on. The pattern of the animal's spine can still be seen running along the central length of the vellum.
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Anarchy in the UK (‘s Most Famous Fortress)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/10/21/anarchy-in-the-uk-s-most-famous-fortress/
Posted by Chris Grocott in School of Business Blog on October 21, 2015 Lecturer in Management and Economic History at the School, Chris Grocott , outlines the first output of a new collaborative research project on the history of labour organisations in the British Empire.
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Genetics for higher education
https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/genetics/genetics-higher-education
Resources Resources a student filling in a form|Genomics is the study of the genome of an organism - its entire genetic material in the form of RNA, DNA, genes and chromosomes.
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Dr David Williams
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2021/david-williams
Bernard Attard writes: David Malcolm Williams was an outstanding scholar, colleague, teacher and mentor who contributed enormously to the development of maritime history in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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Playwright Kevin Laffan
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2014/09/03/playwright-kevin-laffan/
Posted by Margaret Maclean in Library Special Collections on September 3, 2014 Kevin Laffan in about 2001. Kevin Laffan Archive, University of Leicester. ‘God alone knows why I keep trying to get a play on.
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Andrew Dunn: Page 17
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/author/andrew_dunn/page/17/
Academic Librarian.