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• Leading heart researchers to appear in BBC documentary

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leading-heart-researchers-to-appear-in-bbc-documentary

  Leading heart researchers at our University are to appear in a BBC documentary - after finding a link between red meat and heart disease.

• Lets make living fossils extinct

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/lets-make-living-fossils-extinct

  Research involving Dr Rob Hammond from the Department of Genetics has been cited by the Guardian in an article about 'living fossils' - and if it's time for scientists to retire the term.

• New report shows drivers are unaware of the serious consequences of failing to stop after an accident

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/new-report-shows-drivers-are-unaware-of-the-serious-consequences-of-failing-to-stop-after-an-accident

  A new report by our Department of Criminology provides insight into the reasons why drivers fail to stop after an accident.

• Medical schools help tackle class ceiling on professional careers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/medical-schools-help-tackle-class-ceiling-on-professional-careers

  Medical schools can help more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds break through a 'class ceiling' to the professions highlighted in a new report.

• Public invited to have their say on Universitys development plans

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/public-invited-to-have-say-on-universitys-development-plans

  Earlier in October, our University announced a transformative £500 million programme of investment that will improve student and academic facilities as well as public spaces over the next decade.

• The City

  https://le.ac.uk/study/undergraduates/accommodation/city-living

  All The City properties are purpose-built blocks within ten minutes’ walk of campus. They’re convenient for the city centre and railway station too, as well as for facilities such as the Library and the Danielle Brown Sports Centre.

• Leicester among top three East Midlands universities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/sunday-times

  The University of Leicester has been named among the top three universities in the East Midlands in The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022.

• Our research community

  https://le.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/support/community

  A sense of belonging is a key part of the PhD student experience. Find out about our research student community, which has some 2,200 members.

• Leicester graduate excels in International Hackathon promoting women in computer science

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/university-of-leicester-graduate-excels-in-international-hackathon-promoting-women-in-computer-science

  When it comes to paving out a career post-university, Software and Electronics Engineering graduate Oishi Deb is showing everyone how it’s done. Rather than kicking back and relaxing over the summer, Oishi jetted off to Barcelona to take part in WomENcourage 2017.

• New research highlights how environment plays key role in changing movement behaviour of animals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/new-research-highlights-how-environment-plays-key-role-in-changing-movement-behaviour-of-animals

  Researchers from our Department of Mathematics have developed a theory which explains how small animals, such as bats, insects and birds, adjust their movement behaviour based on cues within their environment.