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• Gentrification masks ugly truths

  Date: 20 Mar 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/gentrification-masks-ugly-truths

  One of the country’s leading urban geographers, Professor Loretta Lees, has outlined some of her key findings on gentrification in London.

• Genetic properties help identify illegally traded tropical hardwood

  Date: 12 Mar 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/genetic-properties-help-identify-illegally-traded-tropical-hardwood

  Around 30-90 percent of all tropical hardwood is logged illegally.

• Eradicating famine in Africa gets boost through new research

  Date: 14 Feb 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/researchers-resolve-to-eradicate-famine-and-food-insecurity-in-kenya

  Leicester researchers are part of an international team spearheading a Newton-Utafiti Fund project delivered by the British Council to restore...

• Space Technologies to help protect communities and the environment

  Date: 8 Feb 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/space-technologies-to-help-protect-communities-and-the-environment-1

  Multi-million pound funding for world-class research at our University, to use space technologies to help herders in Mongolia and monitor tropical...

• Funding support for higher degrees at Leicester

  Date: 17 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/funding-support-for-higher-degrees-at-leicester

  Our University is providing support for people interested in advancing their educational qualifications.

• University data allows members of the public to search for land use in their area of the UK based on postcode

  Date: 9 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/university-data-allows-members-of-the-public-to-search-for-land-use-in-their-area-of-the-uk-based-on-postcode

  For the first time, members of the public can now search for how the land is used in their local area of the United Kingdom based on their...

• Leicester scientists win Space Oscar for pioneering research to reduce deforestation

  Date: 1 Nov 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/leicester-scientists-win-2018space-oscar2019-for-pioneering-research-to-reduce-deforestation

  Research that has led to a mobile app to help combat illegal logging has been recognised internationally.

• Leicester professor is most productive and cited woman in urban geography

  Date: 17 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-professor-is-most-productive-and-cited-woman-in-urban-geography

  In a recent article published in the journal ‘Urban Studies’, Lily Kong and Junxi Qian analysed texts published about urban geography and urban...

• Leicester academic co-authors new book on young people and the anti-apartheid protest

  Date: 10 Oct 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-academic-co-authors-new-book-on-young-people-and-the-anti-apartheid-protest

  Dr Gavin Brown, Associate Professor in Human Geography, has co-written a book about young people's involvement with the anti-apartheid movement.

• Leicester passes 4 million readers milestone on The Conversation

  Date: 19 Sep 2017

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-passes-4-million-reader-milestone-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across our University have collectively captured the imagination of over 4 million readers through nearly 230 articles written...