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• University of Leicester at the forefront of the fight against far right extremism

  Date: 19/07/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/19-national-action

  New research provides invaluable insight into far-right political group National Action.

• Thought piece: The sociological story of space travel

  Date: 17/07/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-cosmic-sociology

  Professor John Goodwin, Professor of Sociology and Sociological Practice, of our School of Media, Communication and Sociology, provides a...

• Thought piece: The problem with Apollo

  Date: 17/07/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-problem-with-apollo

  As the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 11 on the lunar surface approaches, Dr Bleddyn Bowen, Lecturer in International Relations,...

• Literary experts and historians from around the world gather in Leicester to celebrate George Eliot’s bicentenary

  Date: 17/07/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-george-eliot

  The University of Leicester will this week (Wednesday 17 – Friday 19 July) play host to an international conference marking the 200th anniversary...

• East Midlands gets £9 million health boost

  Date: 11/07/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/11-nihr-funding

  An organisation committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the East Midlands by speeding up the adoption of research and innovation into...

• Space Park Leicester receives £13.75 million meteoric boost from Government

  Date: 10/07/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/10-ukrpif-announcement-meteor-funding

  The University of Leicester is delighted to announce that its new Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Earth Observation Research Centre...

• New blood test for human TB may also identify people most at risk

  Date: 10/07/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/10-new-tuberculosis-blood-test-tb

  A new study conducted by researchers in Leicester and Nottingham has shown the potential for a new blood test to not only diagnose human...

• Air pollution speeds up ageing of the lungs and increases chronic lung disease risk

  Date: 09/07/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/09-air-pollution-lung-function-copd

  A study of more than 300,000 people has found that exposure to outdoor air pollution is linked to decreased lung function and an increased risk of...

• Leicester honorary graduates announced for 2019

  Date: 09/07/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/09-honorary-graduates-2019

  The University of Leicester has announced this year’s recipients of honorary degrees, awarded to those in recognition of their achievements in...

• New BHF investment to bolster world-class research at University of Leicester

  Date: 03/07/2019 00:00:00

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/03-bhf-accelerator-award-heart-circulatory-diseases

  The University of Leicester has received £1 million in funding from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to strengthen its world-class research into...