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Study proves reducing sitting time boosts office staff’s work engagement and wellbeing
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/11-reducing-sitting-time-boosts-office-staffs-wellbeing
Teams from the University of Leicester and Loughborough University investigated simple solutions to reducing sitting time in the office.
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Jurassic calamari: amazing fossil proves that flying reptiles preyed on squid
https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/january/27-pterosaur-vs-squid
Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, flying close to the water surface to grab soft-bodied cephalopods such as Plesioteuthis subovata. Artwork by C Klug and Beat Scheffold.|An incredible fossil brought to light in a new research paper reveals the feeding habits of extinct flying reptiles.
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Chinese language, culture awareness and social etiquette
https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/chinese/chinese-etiquette
Chinese Language, Culture awareness and Social etiquette course for those learning Mandarin or planing to travel there.
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Botanic Garden Festival
https://le.ac.uk/botanic-festival
The Botanic Garden will be alive with music, workshops, talks, arts and crafts, children’s activities, entertainment, food stalls and more this August.
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Academic staff
https://le.ac.uk/cssp/people/academic
Find out more about academic staff in the School of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy.
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Audio heritage in Leicestershire & Rutland
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/10/09/audio-heritage-in-leicestershire-rutland/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on October 9, 2020 This exhibition was in the basement of the University library for the first few months of 2020.
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Announcing the Carceral Archipelago Conference Call for Papers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/06/03/announcing-the-carceral-archipelago-conference-call-for-papers/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on June 3, 2014 We are excited to open the Call For Papers (CFP) for the Carceral Archipelago’s upcoming international conference, The Carceral Archipelago: Transnational Circulations in Global Perspective,...
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On the staff: the rocking chair years University of Leicester staff blogs
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/english/2013/09/17/on-the-staff-the-rocking-chair-years/
Posted by Gordon Campbell in School of English Blog on September 17, 2013 In most professions, retirement means stopping work, taking a long holiday, and turning to charitable and leisure pursuits, or possibly to drink.
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A graduate’s perspective on innovations in learning and teaching
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2016/11/18/a-graduates-perspective-on-innovations-in-learning-and-teaching/
Posted by Tamara Jowhire in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on November 18, 2016 I am a recent Chemistry graduate from the University of Leicester, and I am currently working as an intern at the Leicester Learning Institute.
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Observing Jupiter’s Weather – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/06/28/observing-jupiters-fierce-weather-from-the-ground/
Posted by Henrik Melin in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on June 28, 2016 In late April 2016, I had the privilege of spending a few weeks in Hawaii, observing on the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, using a spectrograph called TEXES.