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• Leicester scientist features in BBC documentary examining effects of air pollution in UK cities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/leicester-scientist-features-in-bbc-documentary-examining-effects-of-air-pollution-in-uk-cities

  Professor Roland Leigh (pictured) from our Department of Physics and Astronomy will be appearing in an upcoming BBC Two documentary on Wednesday 10 January titled ‘Fighting for Air’, where he will provide his expertise on air pollution and its effect on public health in...

• Researchers to explore the use of e-cigarettes by young people

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/researchers-to-explore-the-use-of-e-cigarettes-by-young-people

  A research team led by our University will be exploring how young people use e-cigarettes or ‘vape’ as part of a new project funded by Cancer Research UK entitled 'Adolescent Vaping Careers'.

• International project to tackle risk crisis disaster and development management

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/international-project-to-tackle-risk-crisis-disaster-and-development-management

  Researchers from the Universities of Leicester and Sheffield, in collaboration with Kansai University in Japan, have received a prestigious funding award from Kansai University in order to develop a Future Leader programme for disaster risk management.

• Expert opinions cover degree building Brexit and Gibraltar tinnitus and the BBC

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/expert-opinions-cover-degree-building-brexit-and-gibraltar-and-the-bbc

  The government says students should get transferable credits for modules and feel free to move between higher education providers. It sounds nice, but there are big risks, says Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Jon Scott in an article for the Guardian.

• Case of memoryloss man like nothing we have ever seen before

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/case-of-memory-loss-man-like-nothing-we-have-ever-seen-before

  Clinical psychologist Dr Gerald Burgess from the School of Psychology has described treating an individual with a ‘Groundhog Day/Memento’- style memory loss after a root-canal treatment at a dentist as ‘like nothing we have ever seen before’ in a paper published in...

• Hive of activity how genes turn bees into workers and queens

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/hive-of-activity-how-genes-turn-bees-into-workers-and-queens

  Biologists have discovered that one of nature’s most important pollinators - the buff-tailed bumblebee – either ascends to the land of milk and honey by becoming a queen or remains a lowly worker bee based on which genes are ‘turned on’ during its lifespan.

• Chevening and Commonwealth Shared Scholars share experiences of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/chevening-and-commonwealth-shared-scholars-share-experiences-of-leicester

  The International Office organised a reception on 16 March which was attended by the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University Professor Paul Boyle for this year's recipients of both the Chevening and Commonwealth Shared Scholarship schemes.

• Novel research participant selection technology from Leicester to aid bid to prevent Alzheimers dementia

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/novel-data-collection-technology-from-leicester-to-aid-bid-to-prevent-alzheimer2019s-dementia

  A major study involving the University of Leicester to find interventions that prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s dementia has recruited its first participant.

• East Midlands pioneered health innovation shortlisted for national award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/east-midlands-pioneered-health-innovation-shortlisted-for-national-award

  A ground-breaking intervention to improve junior doctors’ performance – designed in Leicester and developed in Lincolnshire – is attracting global interest and has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.

• The Leicester and Leicestershire SCITT

  https://le.ac.uk/education/study/pgce/routes/scitt/the-leicester-and-leicestershire-scitt

  Leicester and Leicestershire SCITT is a well-established organisation offering both School Direct and School Centred routes to a PGCE, awarded by the University of Leicester.