The Diagnostics Development Unit is designed to use different senses including ‘touch, smell and feel’ to detect disease without any invasive procedures, for example probes, blood tests, or other traumatic testing.
The ‘bay’ uses different scans to help diagnose the patient by using a selection of instruments while the patient is lying down. The sick bay represents similarities to the bays featured in the well-loved science fiction TV series Star Trek.
Watch the BBC's story on this revolutionary facility from 24m 10s.
]]>Since the Richard III press conference back in February, podcasts have been made on different aspects of the last Plantagenet king, from “What would Richard III have sounded like?” “What was he really like?” to interviews with academics and an exclusive insight into the press conference on 4 February 2013.
If you haven’t listened to any of the podcasts yet – please do so – and see what else you can learn about the King who was found under a car park in Leicester.
You can listen, share and download them anywhere.
College Court is a £14m project which will turn the Grade II listed College Hall buildings on Knighton Road into a leading residential conference venue.
The Centre will create more than 40 full-time and part-time positions and a further 40 casual posts which will include sales, catering, housekeeping, reception and administration roles.
The development will boast a dedicated conference centre with excellent facilities adaptable to events, conferences and celebrations including weddings, corporate events and academic conferences.
The centre is currently recruiting staff and will have a full team on board by the time it opens in October.
]]>On Friday, 19 April, five international student teams will present their project work in Service Innovation to their "customers" - the real-life project partners.
The students are working on a project known as IC-SID 2013 which stands for: Intercultural Approaches to Service Innovation and Design Methods. This is an EU-funded two week intensive programme at the University of Leicester initiated by Kristina Henriksson from Laurea University of Applied Sciences in Espoo, Finland.
It brings together 25 students from universities in Poland, Germany, Estonia, The Netherlands and Finland as well as an international and interdisciplinary teaching team from the participating institutions.
The course is designed to promote the skills of the participants in Service Innovation & Design (SID) methods with an intercultural and interdisciplinary approach.
Project partners include the University of Leicester’s Sports Centre, Oadby Library; The Orchard (furniture & gifts), Oadby; the Air Ambulance Oadby Charity Shop and The Well Café (Oadby Bapist Church).
]]>10 Students from a range of universities have been chosen for both the Management and Female Undergraduate Awards, and will go forward to the final on Friday 19 April.
George Fisher-Wilson and Benjamin Wootton who are both studying Management Studies and Abigail Ackerman, who is studying Physics with Planetary Science at the University of Leicester are among those shortlisted.
The overall winners will receive 10 week internships with firms Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Rolls-Royce which include overseas placements.
Finalists from all 12 categories will attend a gala dinner and awards ceremony in London on Friday 19 April. Winners will be announced by host Sir Trevor McDonald.
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