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The pioneering women of Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/our-100/leicester-women
Learn about the incredible female pioneers at the University of Leicester in Our 100.
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Walking pace found to strongly predict risk of death
https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/walking-pace-mortality-risk-leicester
A new analysis of more than 400,000 UK adults by University of Leicester experts has found that easy to collect measures of physical health, particularly how fast someone walks, can significantly improve predictions of mortality risk.
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Internationalisation and Teaching International Students
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2017/02/03/internationalisation-and-teaching-international-students/
Posted by Steve Rooney in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on February 3, 2017 On Wednesday 1st February, I had the pleasure of co-running, with Dan Jones from the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) , an LLI-hosted session on Teaching...
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Research identifies new family of marine ‘megaphages’
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/marine-megaphages
Dr Andrew Millard, Associate Professor of Bacteriophage Bioinformatics at the University of Leicester and corresponding author for the study published in ISME Communications, said: “From our previous work on cyanophages, we know phages have important roles in biogeochemical...
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CArchipelago reaches its first birthday with the launch of its new blog
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/03/05/carchipelago-reaches-its-first-birthday-with-the-launch-of-its-new-blog/
Posted by in Carceral Archipelago on March 5, 2014 The Carceral Archipelago’ is a 5-year project that has been funded by the European Research Council under the direction of principal investigator Professor Clare Anderson . It runs from 2013 to 2018.
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COVID-19 death rates among ethnic minorities
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/covid-ethnic-minorities
Exploring the disproportionate rates of COVID-19 related deaths among people from ethnic minorities.
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Summer 2024 newsletter
https://le.ac.uk/cls/study/patient-carer-group/newsletters/summer-2024
Dear Patients and Carers, Welcome to the Summer newsletter. We have recently sent out an email to all members of the Patient and Carer Group to say thank-you for all your support over the last academic year.
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£8.4m for new COVID-19 research
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/covid-phosp
PHOSP-COVID is the first UK wide study to assess the health impacts of COVID-19 on patients and their rehabilitation.
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The weekend effect in hospitals: Why we need evidence to underpin policy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/sapphire/2016/09/16/the-weekend-effect/
Professor Julian Bion and Dr Carolyn Tarrant discuss the complex evidence behind the weekend effect and efforts to implement 7-Day Services, including results from the HiSLAC study, and emphasise the importance of using independent evidence to underpin healthcare policy.
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World Digital Preservation Day 2023: making digital preservation greener
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2023/11/02/world-digital-preservation-day-2023-making-digital-preservation-greener/
Posted by vholmes in Library and Learning Services on November 2, 2023 Logo for World Digital Preservation Day, 2 November 2023 The theme for WPDP2023 (2 November) is Digital Preservation: A Concerted Effort . This post is a write-up of an online talk to celebrate the day.