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• Shutdown STEM and Academia

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/08/shutdown-stem-and-academia/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 8 July 2020 Leicester physicists organise an informative workshop day for postgraduate researchers about the Black Lives Matter movement.

• Charter

  https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/documents/charter

  The Charter is the University's principal governing document. It provides a high level, overarching statement of the University's founding purpose and constitution.

• Students from Leicesters universities gain military skills

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/students-from-leicester2019s-universities-gain-military-skills

  Students from Leicester’s two universities have been put through their paces – quite literally.

• Developmental genetics for higher education

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/developmental/developmental-higher-education

  If you're studying towards a degree, we've got useful academic content on developmental genetics, supplied by the genetics department at The University of Leicester.

• Asthma pill targets airway muscles to decrease attacks

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/13-asthma-pill

  asthma pills asthmatic person holding an inhaler|Results from a phase II clinical trial, experimental work on cells and computational modelling have together shown why the first pill for asthma in 20 years can help reduce asthma attacks.

• New training set to support more children born prematurely and their families

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/premature-birth-training-smallest-things

  A new online module created with the help of Leicester experts, ‘Supporting children and families in the pre-school’ years, has been released to increase awareness and understanding within early years staff of the impact of premature birth on children and their families.

• NASA Mars Rover set for touchdown on Red Planet

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/mars-rover

  Space scientists around the world will hold their breath on Thursday as NASA’s latest mission to Mars attempts a daring landing on the Red Planet.

• First glimpse of Mercury for BepiColombo

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/bepicolombo-mercury

  The mission comprises two science orbiters which will be delivered into complementary orbits around the planet by the Mercury Transfer Module in 2025.

• Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs

  In 2018 the Vibrant Oceans group identified 50 reefs that are most likely to resist and survive climate change. The habitats are located largely in the Pacific and Indian oceans, with further reefs in the Caribbean and east of Africa.

• All rise! Height-adjustable desks can reduce workplace sitting by over an hour a day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/standing-desk-research

  Researchers have developed a programme that, when paired with a height-adjustable desk, can reduce the time people spend sitting by over an hour.