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• Video essays tell womens compelling stories

  Date: 1 Jun 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/video-essays-tell-womens-compelling-stories

  The powerful testimonies of women’s lived experience in challenging environments is being captured in a series of compelling ‘video essays’ as...

• Reaching for the stars

  Date: 9 May 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/reaching-for-the-stars

  A PhD student at our University has been recognised internationally for her research into life on Mars.

• Leicester passes 5 million readers milestone on The Conversation

  Date: 11 Apr 2018

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/leicester-passes-5-million-readers-milestone-on-the-conversation

  Academics from across our University have collectively captured the imagination of over 5 million readers through nearly 250 articles written...

• 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.