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• Prehistoric peepers provide vital clue in solving ancient Tully Monster mystery

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/prehistoric-peepers-provide-vital-clue-in-solving-ancient-tully-monster-mystery

  A 300 million year-old fossil mystery has been solved by a team from the Department of Geology, which has identified that the ancient ‘Tully Monster’ was a vertebrate - due to the unique characteristics of its eyes.

• NIHR anniversary report highlights Leicester research

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/nihr-anniversary-report-highlights-leicester-research

  Two projects at the University of Leicester have been highlighted as shining examples of the benefits of research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research since its creation in 2006.

• Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

  https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/responsible-consumption-production

  The twelfth Sustainable Development Goal is to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

• LIFT-UP PRETERM

  https://le.ac.uk/timms/collaborations/lift-up-preterm

  The LIFT-UP Preterm project aims to create innovative tools and methods to promote RCTs in very preterm populations using the RECAP Preterm platform.

• The impact of diasporas within the UK and across the globe to be examined at conference

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/the-impact-of-diasporas-within-the-uk-and-across-the-globe-to-be-examined-at-conference

  A one-day conference will be held at the Royal Geographical Society in London on 17 September, at which 18 papers will present five years of research projects carried out at Leicester and Oxford focusing on the dispersal of people from their homelands.

• PhD student works with Syrian refugee children to examine impact of trauma on mental health

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/phd-student-works-with-syrian-refugee-children-to-examine-impact-of-trauma-on-mental-health

  A PhD student from the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour has described their journey to study at Leicester and how our University has provided opportunities for them to conduct research to help child victims of the Syrian Civil War.

• Are we entering a new age

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/are-we-entering-a-new-age

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz (pictured) from the Department of Geology has been interviewed by Academic Minute discussing the Anthropocene and whether mankind has entered a new age.

• TEDx comes to Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/tedx-comes-to-leicester

  Some of Leicester’s best known institutions and organisations are getting behind an inspiring event, which is set to bring some of the Leicester’s best thinkers and community activists to the city this year.

• Most luminous galaxy is ripping itself apart

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/most-luminous-galaxy-is-ripping-itself-apart

  In a far-off galaxy, 12.4 billion light-years from Earth, a ravenous black hole is devouring galactic grub. Its feeding frenzy produces so much energy, it stirs up gas across its entire galaxy.

• University lecturer honoured with 2023 British Psychological Society Award

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

  Dr Jayne Spiller has received the Neil O’Connor Award for her research into sleep and its association with behavioural and emotional symptoms in children born extremely preterm