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• Ecology, Climate and Land-use processes of the Amazon Tropical Forests

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/gy3440

  Module code: GY3440 This module focusses on modern concepts in ecology and the connections between climate and land-use processes. The module aims to understand, quantify and predict the future of the Amazon forests in a changing world.

• First-hand accounts of premature baby loss inspires new resource

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/first-hand-accounts-of-premature-baby-loss-inspires-new-resource

  A new resource has been launched based on the first-hand experiences of parents whose baby died before, during or shortly after birth at 20 to 24 weeks of pregnancy. The resource aims to support parents, loved ones and health professionals.

• Leicester academic heads judging panel to land robot on the moon

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/leicester-academic-heads-judging-panel-to-land-robot-on-the-moon

  An academic from our University has been elected to Chair a judging panel in a global $30 million prize competition to land a robot on the moon.

• University saves 150-year-old brass band facing closure

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/enderby-brass-band

  The University of Leicester has helped a 150-year-old brass band find a new home, after its future was threatened due to losing its rehearsal base.

• Fossil study sheds light on ancient water-to-land transition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/ostracod

  The research team’s findings, published in The Royal Society’s Biology Letters, show how ostracods began to swim into estuaries about 420 million years ago during the Silurian Period, beginning their exploration of many new habitats.

• Ecology, Climate and Land-use processes of the Amazon Tropical Forests

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2027/gy3440

  Module code: GY3440 This module focusses on modern concepts in ecology and the connections between climate and land-use processes. The module aims to understand, quantify and predict the future of the Amazon forests in a changing world.

• Related projects

  https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/related-projects

  The Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain research programme was related to a number of other projects, past and present, both within the University of Leicester and in other institutions.

• Funding will help further development of bacteriophages to combat disease on a commercial scale

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/phage

  Pioneering work to develop effective and safe bacteriophages to combat disease has received an £800,000 boost.

• Wind turbine remains may be among ‘most surprising’ fossils for far future generations, palaeontologists say

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/wind-turbine-remains-surprising-fossils-palaeontology

  University of Leicester palaeontologists publishing new book on technofossils suggest that wind turbine blades, made from difficult to recycle materials, may be among the most surprising fossils found by future palaeontologists

• JWST Engagement and Outreach

  https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/projects/james-webb-space-telescope/webb-engagement-and-outreach

  A host of educational and public engagement resources are available for the James Webb Space Telescope and MIRI instrument.