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• Sarah Wood

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/author/sarah_wood/

  Assistant Archivist

• Sharpest Earth-based images of Europa and Ganymede reveal their icy landscape

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/10/11/sharpest-earth-based-images-of-europa-and-ganymede-reveal-their-icy-landscape/

  The cocktail of chemicals that make up the frozen surfaces on two of Jupiter's largest moons are revealed in the most detailed images ever taken of them by a telescope on Earth.

• Words and Meaning: English Vocabulary Development

  https://le.ac.uk/cite/eltu/erasmus-and-study-abroad/el2012

  English Vocabulary Development EL2012 course offered at the ELTU.

• Institute for Policy launch brings Leicester’s research expertise to the heart of Westminster

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/policy-institute

  Solutions to issues in healthcare, justice, climate change and space will be showcased at the official launch of the University of Leicester’s Institute for Policy in Westminster.

• Landmark genetic study sheds new light on how the eye develops its sharpest vision

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/eye-genetic-study-foveal-leicester

  Combining artificial intelligence and genetics has allowed researchers in Leicester to study the part of the eye that gives us sharp central vision in amazing detail for the first time

• New robot to detect Parkinson’s disease could be used on humans in the next 5 years

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/parkinsons-robot

  Parkinson’s disease is caused by a loss of nerve cells in part of the brain called the substantia nigra. As a result, dopamine – a chemical that helps to regulate movement of the body – drops.

• Rapid spread of a meningitis bacteria linked to hypermutable sequences helping avoidance of the immune system

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/26-meningitis-bacteria-spread-avoidance-immune-system

  An enhanced potential to avoid the human immune system has been found in recent serogroup W isolates of Neisseria meningitidis by University of Leicester researchers, which may explain in part why the strain spread so rapidly among young people in 2013.

• Construction work policy and forms

  https://le.ac.uk/policies/estates-and-campus/contractors/project-management/construction-work-safety-policy-and-forms

  Principal designers, contractors and project managers are required to adhere to policies when setting out work with the University of Leicester. Learn more.

• Simon North

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2019/simon-north

  It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Simon North, a Cleaner for the University. Simon passed away on Wednesday 30 October, he is survived by his girlfriend Tara and was a loving father to his daughter Tania and grandfather to his two grandchildren.

• Pioneering African mental health study receives millions in funding from Wellcome

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/neet

  A Wellcome-funded study led by the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the University of Leicester and others, aims to identify predictors of depression among NEET youth in Africa.