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New approach provides potential vaccine and treatment for Alzheimer’s
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/tapas
A promising new approach to potentially treat Alzheimer’s disease – and also vaccinate against it – has been developed by a team of UK and German scientists.
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Call for Armed Forces personnel to share stories of transition to healthcare careers
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/armed-forces
To coincide with Armed Forces Day 2022 (Saturday 25 June), Leicester health professionals have launched a major new research project which could provide solutions to the NHS’ staff shortage crisis by helping veterans transition into civilian careers.
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Discovery reveals remains of first aquatic dinosaur 'river-monster'
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/april/spinosaurus
An historic discovery of fossils by an international team, including Dr David Unwin at the University of Leicester, has revealed the remains of the first aquatic dinosaur.
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Leicester scientists discover ‘Star Wars’ planet
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/leicester-scientists-discover-star-wars-planet
Scientists from the University of Leicester has revealed for the first time that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings - similar to the planet Tatooine in Star Wars.
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Project trials self-screening kiosks in Leicestershire workplaces to detect COVID-19
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/self-screening-kiosks
New project launched by the University of Leicester trials self-screening kiosks in Leicestershire workplaces to detect COVID 19 in workers
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PhD students
https://le.ac.uk/english/people/phd-students
Take a look at some of the PhD research currently being undertaken by postgraduate students in English at the University of Leicester.
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Jonathan Nichols
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/author/jdn4/
Dr Nichols graduated from the University of Leicester in 1997 with a first class MPhys degree in Physics with Space Science and Technology, and went on to obtain a PhD from the University of Leicester in 2004 under the supervision of Prof. S. H. W.
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Implementing lecture capture event 11 Sep 2017 – Implementation, training and support
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2017/10/05/implementing-lecture-capture-event-11-sep-2017-implementation-training-and-support/
Posted by Frances Deepwell in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 5, 2017 As part of the ‘ Implementing lecture capture – what are we learning ‘ event on Monday 11 September 2017, we held discussions on the theme of Implementation,...
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Come with us if you want to live [digitally]!
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2018/11/09/come-with-us-if-you-want-to-live-digitally/
Posted by vanderenden in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on November 9, 2018 With a new T-shirt (hence the Terminator reference) and a new theme (assessment and feedback) the Digital Innovation Partnership is back with a bang.
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Ignite abstracts
https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/conferences-and-meetings/medical-schools-uk-edi-meeting/ignite-abstracts
We are pleased to present the following Ignite-style presentations, sharing good EDI practices.