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• Swift action taken in conservation project

  Date: 2 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/swift-action-taken-in-conservation-project

  Ten specialist bird boxes have been installed as part of a conservation project to create habitat for swifts by our Environment team working with...

• Research shows global warming disaster could suffocate life on planet Earth

  Date: 1 Dec 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/research-shows-global-warming-disaster-could-suffocate-life-on-planet-earth

  Falling oxygen levels caused by global warming could be a greater threat to the survival of life on planet Earth than flooding, according to...

• Creative thinkers sought for event to tackle global problems

  Date: 30 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/creative-thinkers-sought-for-event-to-tackle-global-problems

  Bright and innovative thinkers are being invited to our University for the first UK event outside of London known as Solve for X.

• University to host major conferences in 2016

  Date: 26 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/university-to-host-four-conferences-in-2016

  The University is preparing to host four major conferences next year in collaboration with Leicester Shire Promotions.

• Study finds final year individual bonuses are counter-productive

  Date: 24 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/study-finds-final-year-individual-bonuses-are-counter-productive

  A new study by researchers in the UK and Australia has found it makes better business sense to reward team performance rather than provide...

• Air pollution to become worlds leading cause of premature death by 2050

  Date: 23 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/air-pollution-to-become-world2019s-leading-cause-of-premature-death-by-2050

  Leading experts will be discussing prominent environmental issues - including how air pollution will become the world’s top environmental cause of...

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 19 25 November

  Date: 20 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-19-25-november

  Dr Daniel Ladley from the Department of Economics has written an article for The Conversation discussing how cooperative groups work better than...

• Researcher involved in discovery of tiny star with a monstrous temper

  Date: 19 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/researcher-involved-in-discovery-of-tiny-star-with-a-monstrous-temper

  A tiny star with ‘a monstrous temper’ has been discovered by an international team of researchers, including Dr Sarah Casewell of the Department...

• Petrophysicist joins ocean drilling research project investigating the origins of life

  Date: 18 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/petrophysicist-joins-ocean-drilling-research-project-investigating-the-origins-of-life

  On 26 October 2015, the RSS James Cook (pictured) set sail from Southampton on route to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

• Universitys travel plan praised as an exemplar

  Date: 12 Nov 2015

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/universitys-travel-plan-praised-as-an-exemplar

  The University of Leicester’s travel plan has now been published and has received high praise from the city council.