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Tequila: Pulque’s Friend, Cousin, Usurper?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/09/01/tequila-pulques-friend-cousin-usurper/
Deborah Toner discusses the relationship and rivalry between pulque and tequila in Mexican history, and summarises a recently published book by Marie Sarita Gaytan, Tequila: Distilling the Spirit of Mexico (Stanford University Press, 2014)
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Post-Mortem Punishment: A Fate Worse than Death? By Rachel Bennett
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2015/09/14/post-mortem-punishment-a-fate-worse-than-death/
Posted by Rachel Bennett in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on September 14, 2015 A key question I have repeatedly asked myself in the researching and writing up of my PhD thesis, and one that permeates the Criminal Corpse project, asks why punish the dead? The 1752 Murder...
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Bullying and Discrimination accounts for 37% additional NHS mental health worker sick-leave
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2015/11/25/bullying-and-discrimination-accounts-for-37-additional-nhs-mental-health-worker-sick-leave/
Posted by Stephen Wood in School of Business Blog on November 25, 2015 Professor of Management at the School, Stephen Wood , presents some of the findings – and methodology – from the National Survey of Staff Morale amongst Mental Health Staff 2013’s Francis report on the...
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A century of human genetics
https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/century
Read through a lecture delivered by Sir Alec Jeffreys at the Leicester Medical Society Bicentenary.
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Postgraduate programme specification content for 'with industry' programme variants (for students commencing study in 2025/26 onwards)
https://le.ac.uk/study/postgraduates/courses/industry-2025-26
This page details the University’s standard specification for the Postgraduate Taught (PGT) ‘with industry’ component of PGT ‘with industry’ programme variants, for students commencing studies in 2025/26 onwards.
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Implementing lecture capture event 11 Sep 2017 – Pedagogy, Practice and Policy discussions
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2017/10/02/implementing-lecture-capture-event-11-sep-2017-pedagogy-practice-and-policy-discussions/
Posted by Catherine Leyland in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 2, 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 Pedagogy, Practice and...
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University of Leicester showcases ground-breaking research to Executive Chair of Research England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/jessica-corner
The Executive Chair of Research England, Professor Dame Jessica Corner, visited the University of Leicester to meet with key researchers and women leaders from across the institution.
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Integrated Histories of the Andaman Islands
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/integrated-histories-of-the-andaman-islands
ESRC Research Grant (£110,934) October 2009 - March 2013 Professor Clare Anderson This 3-year ESRC funded research project was a UK-India collaboration with the anthropologist Prof. Vishvajit Pandya and the historian of science, Dr Madhumita Mazumdar.
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More attention needed on employee involvement to fix Britains productivity problem
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/more-attention-needed-for-the-2018human-factor2019-in-management
A report entitled Involvement and Productivity – The missing piece of the puzzle?’ released this week by the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) argues that effective employee involvement at work is essential to boosting productivity in the UK.
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Switching to renewable energy could save thousands of lives in Africa
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/21-africa-solar
With renewable energy cheaper and more efficient than ever, countries in Africa have the unique opportunity to harness abundant renewable sources like wind, solar and geothermal.