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• Space technology explores large-scale changes to the climate of Africa

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/space-technology-explores-large-scale-changes-to-the-climate-of-africa

  An international research team led by Professor Heiko Balzter, Director of the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research from the Department of Geography has mapped the entire African continent south of the Sahara for geographical changes and has discovered that many areas...

• A change in Leicesters DNA Research Professional features new research institutes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/a-change-in-leicester2019s-dna-research-professional-features-new-research-institutes

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise Professor Iain Gillespie (pictured) have spoken to Research Professional about the University’s pioneering new research institutes.

• University of Leicester offers students degree discounts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/university-of-leicester-offers-students-degree-discounts

  The University of Leicester is making its university degrees more affordable.

• Leicester expert informs new Labour major HMRC restructure plan

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-expert-informs-new-labour-major-hmrc-restructure-plan

  Professor Martin Parker (pictured) from our School of Business has authored a review with colleagues across the sector of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

• Research suggests ethnicity could impact health of kidney transplant patients

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/ethnicity-could-impact-health-of-kidney-transplant-patients

  People’s ethnicity impacts their physical activity following a kidney transplant, according to research carried out by a Leicester team.

• Heart professor stars in BBC documentary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/heart-professor-stars-in-bbc-documentary

  A leading Leicester professor is to appear in a BBC documentary after finding a link between red meat and heart disease. Professor Toru Suzuki (pictured) from the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences was asked to conduct an experiment looking at how steak affects the body.

• University celebrates LGBT History Month

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/university-celebrates-lgbt-history-month

  LGBT+ History Month is being marked at our University with a myriad of events from 12 to 28 February. The University has been rated as one of the top 100 employers in Stonewall’s Workplace index.

• University celebrates 50 years of media and communication research with international conference

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/university-celebrates-50-years-of-media-and-communication-research-with-international-conference

  More than 1,000 delegates from around the world are expected to attend an international conference at the University of Leicester next summer as part of the University’s celebrations of 50 years of media and communication research.

• Engelbert Humperdinck receives new Seat of Learning tribute

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/engelbert-humperdinck-receives-new-seat-of-learning-tribute

  Fans of Engelbert Humperdinck have honoured his 50 years in the music industry by sponsoring a reader's chair for the David Wilson Library.

• University cited by Leicester MP in European Union membership debate

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/university-cited-by-leicester-mp-in-european-union-membership-debate

  Our University has been cited in a European Union membership debate in the House of Commons by Leicester West and Labour MP, Liz Kendall, on 15 June.