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• Open letter to parents and carers from our President and Vice-Chancellor

  Date: 13 Jan 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/january/open-letter-parents-from-vice-chancellor

  Dear parents and carers  With the latest national lockdown impacting everyone UK, I am writing to update you on the steps we are taking to ensure...

• Engineer creates open-source ventilator for COVID-19 patients

  Date: 15 Dec 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/ventilator

  A University of Leicester-based engineer has created an innovative new ventilator designed to help COVID-19 patients.

• Project trials self-screening kiosks in Leicestershire workplaces to detect COVID-19

  Date: 10 Dec 2020

  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

• Open letter to parents and carers from our President and Vice-Chancellor

  Date: 8 Dec 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/parents-letter-from-vice-chancellor

  An open letter concerning COVID-19 to parents and carers from President and Vice-Chancellor, Nishan Canagarajah.

• Recruitment begins for ethnic minority healthcare staff COVID research study

  Date: 4 Dec 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/recruitment-begins-for-ethnic-minority-healthcare-staff

  A drive to encourage ethnic minority healthcare workers to participate in a Government-backed study investigating the risks of COVID-19 to their...

• End-of-term student COVID testing starts

  Date: 3 Dec 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/december/covid-testing

  The first students have taken part in an end-of-term COVID-19 testing programme launched as part of a drive to ensure they can return home safely...

• Sending Christmas cards won't lead to COVID spread, says Leicester academic

  Date: 25 Nov 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/xmas-cards

  A Leicester academic has advised it is safe to send Christmas cards this year to friends and loved ones, as the risk of COVID-19 infection is “low”.

• Leicester experts help local businesses face COVID-19

  Date: 20 Nov 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/small-business-leadership-programme

  Business experts at the University of Leicester have this week launched a fully-funded leadership course for small-to medium-sized enterprises...

• COVID-19 up to twice as likely to infect people of Black and Asian ethnicity

  Date: 12 Nov 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/covid19-ethnicity

  According to researchers at the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham, COVID-19 up to twice as likely to infect people of Black and Asian ethnicity

• Statement from our President and Vice-Chancellor

  Date: 5 Nov 2020

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/statement-from-vice-chancellor

  A statement from President and Vice Chancellor, Nishan Canagarajah, outlining support for students and staff as we prepare to enter our second...