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• New report shows UK ‘poorly prepared’ to reach net-zero carbon economy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/just-transition

  The UK Government must take urgent action to deliver a ‘just transition’ for workers as the country shifts towards a greener economy, according to a new study.

• Unwell or Unwanted? The Mental Health of Western Australia’s Convict Population

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/10/17/unwell-or-unwanted-the-mental-health-of-western-australias-convict-population/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 17, 2016 By Kellie Moss Western Australia welcomed the transportation of convicts in 1850 as a solution to the economic problems which had affected the colony since its foundation as a free settlement in 1829.

• Prison noise examined in new book from Leicester alumnus

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/prison-study

  A researcher has used her time spent behind bars while at the University of Leicester as the basis for a book on the effect of sound in prisons.

• Lis-Bibliometrics Conference 2024: Exploring The Bibliometric Universe

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/library/2024/10/16/lis-bibliometrics-conference-2024-exploring-the-bibliometric-universe/

  Posted by William Farrell in Library and Learning Services on October 16, 2024 Merinne Whitton, research metrics lead in the Research Services team, reports back from the recent Lis-Bibliometrics Conference.

• Physics and Astronomy April 2021 Digest

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/04/30/physics-and-astronomy-april-2021-digest/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 30 April 2021 With the end of the spring term, the Easter break, and the approach of the summer exam period, life in the School of Physics and Astronomy remains as busy as ever.

• Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys is the god of forensic science says bestselling crime author in new video

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/patricia-cornwell-describes-impact-inventor-of-genetic-fingerprinting-has-had-on-her-career

  Bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell has paid tribute to the University of Leicester Professor who invented the technique of genetic fingerprinting during her visit to De Montfort Hall in Leicester to give a talk as part of the University Literary Leicester festival...

• Leicester geologist contributes to major project examining the technosphere

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-geologist-contributes-to-major-project-examining-the-2018technosphere2019

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz from our Department of Geology is working with artist Anne-Sophie Milon on a new project examining the ‘technosphere’ and what impact it will leave behind on the planet’s fossil record.

• DNA fingerprinting

  https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting

  In 1984 Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys discovered the technique of genetic fingerprinting at the University of Leicester, learn more about his work.

• Support for students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD)

  https://le.ac.uk/accessability/support/spld-support

  Support for students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) at University of Leicester

• Black women at greater risk of dying from uterine cancer

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/uterine

  Women in Black ethnic minority groups are at greater risk of dying from uterine, (womb) cancer, latest data shows