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• 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'.

• Leicester celebrates new cohort of students with vibrant Welcome Week programme

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/leicester-celebrates-new-cohort-of-students-with-vibrant-welcome-week-programme

  This week sees the arrival of a new cohort of students to our University.

• Aspiring medics encouraged to explore a career in psychiatry

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/aspiring-medics-encouraged-to-explore-a-career-in-psychiatry

  Young people considering a career in medicine will receive expert advice this weekend to help them on the route to achieving their ambitions and to consider psychiatry as an exciting medical discipline.

• Leicester health scientists contribute to report on childrens safety

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-health-scientists-contribute-to-report-on-children2019s-safety

  Health scientists from our University have contributed to major research on children’s safety.

• Leicester and Nottingham scientists discover new gene associated with debilitating lung disease

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-and-nottingham-scientists-discover-new-gene-associated-with-debilitating-lung-disease

  Health scientists at the University of Leicester and University of Nottingham have heralded the discovery of a gene associated with lung fibrosis as ‘a potential new avenue of treatment for further research into this terrible disease.

• 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.

• Project to help reduce unsafe abortion death rates in disaster zones

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/project-to-help-reduce-unsafe-abortion-death-rates-in-disaster-zones

  New research led by Dr Nibedita S Ray-Bennett from the School of Management will look into the sexual and reproductive health issues in disaster-prone areas during times of humanitarian crisis.

• Infants under 12 months most at risk of physical abuse

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/infants-under-12-months-most-at-risk-of-physical-abuse

  Research co-authored by a Professor from our University has found infants under the age of 12 months are most at risk of serious physical abuse. The large study of severely injured children is published online in Emergency Medicine Journal.

• 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.