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• University research plays ‘vital role’ in fighting climate change

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/climate-exp0

  Professor Susan Page, from the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, shared leading research into using peatland environments to capture carbon as one form of nature-based solution.

• University to mark founding legacy as living memorial

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/living-memorial

  A major figure in the foundation of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College – which would later go on to become the University of Leicester – was local man Dr Astley Clarke. During the war, Astley was an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

• Richard III in the University Archives

  https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/explore/university-archives/richard-iii-spotlight

  Find out more about Richard III in the University archives.

• Higher Education

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/gene-mutations-and-cancer/higher-education

  Cancers are responsible for millions of death every year. The study of cancer biology is therefore one of the largest areas of scientific interest. Cancer cells develop specific hallmarks through a series of mutations in both oncogenes and tumour-suppressor genes.

• Evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare teams

  https://le.ac.uk/empathy/study/healthcare-teams

  Find out more about the evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare teams course at the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare.

• Environmental Governance and Social Justice

  https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/critical-creative-geographies/environmental-governance-and-social-justice

  Find out more about Environmental Governance and Social Justice at the University of Leicester.

• Channels Receptors and Signalling

  https://le.ac.uk/mcb/research/channels-receptors-and-signalling

  Find out more about Channels, Receptors and Signalling research at the University of Leicester.

• Creating empathic systems

  https://le.ac.uk/empathy/study/creating-empathic-systems

  Find out more about the creating empathic systems workshop held in the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare

• From the subatomic to the intergalactic: scientists gather in Leicester to share supercomputer results

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/september/10-dirac-day

  Experts in astrophysics, particle physics, nuclear physics and cosmology will assemble at the University of Leicester this week to share the latest scientific advances which have been made possible by DiRAC, a multi-site supercomputing facility.

• Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/12-baby-pterodactyls-flying-from-birth

  A breakthrough discovery has found that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles also known as pterosaurs, had a remarkable ability – they could fly from birth.