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• Attenborough Arts contributes to Leicester Art Week

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/attenborough-arts-contributes-to-leicester-art-week

  Attenborough Arts, the University's arts centre, is hosting a selection of free public events marking Leicester Art Week.

• Richard III and space experts honoured for positive impact on Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/leics-award

  A space expert and two key members of the Richard III team have been recognised for their outstanding achievements by Leicester City Council.

• University urges city to stay strong as Leicester lockdown continues

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/university-urges-city-stay-strong-leicester-lockdown-continues

  President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan Canagarajah urges Leicester to stay strong and continue to follow Government guidelines, after Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced limited relaxations to the local lockdown restrictions.

• Student written off after failing his ALevels starts PhD at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/student-2018written-off2019-after-failing-his-a-levels-starts-phd-at-leicester

  Written off at 18 after failing his A-levels, Richard Evans has just embarked on a PhD course at Leicester. The 26-year-old puts his turn around in fortunes down to the support he has received while studying for a BA in Ancient History & Archaeology.

• NERC invests 8m into lowcarbon technology research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/nerc-invests-ps8m-into-green-energy-technology-research

  NERC is investing just over £8m in research to ensure we have access to elements needed to develop a variety of low-carbon technologies.

• Leicester shaking up the Premier League

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/leicester-shaking-up-the-premier-league

  Leicester City Football Club has been making a big impact on the Premier League this season, and their success is sending shockwaves, quite literally, through the city of Leicester.

• Could female traders reduce market crashes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/could-female-traders-reduce-market-crashes

  Researchers in the Department of Economics at the University of Leicester have shown that increasing the proportion of female traders makes the market more volatile, but at the same time can reduce the occurrence of the most extreme crashes.

• Blood suckers fluid dynamics explain how quickly a vampire could drain your blood

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/out-for-blood-fluid-dynamics-explain-how-quickly-a-vampire-could-drain-your-blood

  Throughout human history there have been tales of vampires – bloodsucking creatures of folklore that prey on their victims by draining their life essence, usually via the blood.

• Expert opinions cover salmonella Trump Chancellor Philip Hammond Juno and support for new mothers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/december/expert-opinions-cover-salmonella-trump-chancellor-philip-hammond-juno-and-support-for-new-mothers

  Dr Primrose Freestone from the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation has written an article for The Conversation discussing new research into how juices released from the cut-ends of the salad leaves enable Salmonella to grow.

• Research finds no association between weekend staffing levels and patient mortality

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/research-finds-no-association-between-the-2018weekend-effect2019-and-patient-mortality

  New research involving researchers from our University has found no association between weekend senior doctor staffing levels and mortality, questioning whether increasing senior doctor weekend working would impact mortality rates.