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• Worklife balance supports can improve employee wellbeing research shows

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/january/work-life-balance-supports-can-improve-employee-well-being-research-shows

  Work-life balance supports provided by employers, often known as flexible working arrangements, can have a significant effect on employees who use them, a new study led by Professor Stephen Wood (pictured) from our School of Business has found.

• 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...

• University welcomes Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/sri-lanka

  Deputy High Commissioner of Sri Lanka Manorie Mallikaratchy met students and colleagues from the University of Leicester.

• Employability

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/careers

  Career and employability support for all University of Leicester students.

• Student on the road to success after being offered placements at leading companies

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/student-on-the-road-to-success-after-being-offered-placements-at-leading-companies-1

  A student from our Department of Engineering is on the road to success - after being offered industry placements at global companies Rolls-Royce, GE and Bentley.

• 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.

• The right rubber for the job

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/the-importance-of-using-the-right-rubber-for-the-job

  Researchers from the Department of Geology have discovered that when it comes to rubbers, textured surfaces, and reproduction, more fluid formulations have greater reliability than those that are thick and sticky.

• 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.

• Black hole bullseye sheds light on interstellar dust

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/black-hole-2018bulls-eye2019-sheds-light-on-interstellar-dust

  What looks like a shooting target (right) is actually an image of nested rings of X-ray light centred on an erupting black hole. On June 15, NASA's Swift satellite detected the start of a new outburst from V404 Cygni, where a black hole and a sun-like star orbit each other.