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• Adrianna finds her calling talking internet safety with Leicesters young people

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/adrianna-finds-her-calling-talking-internet-safety-with-leicester2019s-young-people

  Teaching school children about the importance of staying safe online has inspired final year Criminology student Adrianna to pursue a career in the criminal justice system that will involve working with children.

• Leicester criminologist uncovers experiences of domestic abuse among churchgoers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/leicester-criminologist-uncovers-experiences-of-domestic-abuse-among-churchgoers

  One in four Cumbria churchgoers who took part in recent research by Coventry and Leicester universities say they have experienced abuse in their current relationship.

• Get to know your brain

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/get-to-know-your-brain

  Have you ever wondered how the brain actually works- what makes us move, feel, think, and listen? On Wednesday 14 March, in the midst of global Brain Awareness Week (BAW), a day of events will provide the public with an opportunity to learn all about how the brain functions.

• Big Band raise the bar

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/big-band-raise-the-bar

  Talented students making up the University’s Big Band have wowed crowds and judges alike with their performances at the National Festival of Music for Youth.

• Tiny fossils unlock clues to Earths climate half a billion years ago

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/tiny-fossils-unlock-clues-to-earth2019s-climate-half-a-billion-years-ago

  An international collaboration of scientists, led by the University of Leicester, has investigated Earth’s climate over half a billion years ago by combining climate models and chemical analyses of fossil shells about 1mm long.

• Research

  https://le.ac.uk/cssah/research

  Research institutes, centres, projects and groups comprise the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities research interests at the University of Leicester.

• Disabled Students Allowance

  https://le.ac.uk/accessability/disabled-students-allowance

  The disability support allowance helps with the extra costs occurred through employing extra help due to disability.

• Leicester scientists identify novel approach to treat and prevent global health threat

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-scientists-identify-novel-approach-to-treat-and-prevent-global-health-threat

  Leicester scientists have previously identified the potential of using a bacteriophage cocktail to eradicate Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and in this research, using an insect model, they show that their prophylactic use can prevent infection forming in the first...

• Experts suggest Pokémon Go could ease Type 2 diabetes burden

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/2018pokemon-go-could-ease-type-2-diabetes-burden2019-says-expert

  Hundreds of students and staff around the University and city have caught Poké-fever, joining millions of people worldwide in playing viral mobile app Pokémon Go - a virtual reality treasure hunt where players walk to places in the real world to...

• Professor John Bridges involved in two missions to Mars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/professor-john-bridges-involved-in-two-missions-to-mars

  An exploratory mission to Mars which will give Space Research Centre planetary scientists vital information about potential landing sites for the upcoming ExoMars project launched from Kazakhstan today.