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• First Professors of Nursing and Midwifery herald unique new courses

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/first-professors-of-nursing-and-midwifery-herald-unique-new-courses

  Leicester has taken the first steps in establishing a new centre for nursing and midwifery expertise with the appointment of two Foundation Professors and approval granted for a suite of innovative new degree courses.

• Leicester invites space enthusiasts to join the ‘new space’ revolution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/leicester-invites-space-enthusiasts-to-join-the-2018new-space2019-revolution

  Leicester invites space enthusiasts to join the ‘new space’ revolution Leicester invites space enthusiasts to join the ‘new space’ revolution|Tickets now available for Leicester’s first SpaceUp ‘unconference’ taking place 17-18 November.

• Universities 'must give something back to students' says Leicester Vice-Chancellor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/universities-must-give-something-back-nishan-canagarajah

  Universities “must do what we can” for students, because the pandemic has “already taken so much away”, says Vice-Chancellor Professor Nishan Canagarajah.

• Supersonic half-term break in the Department of Engineering for London pupil

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/supersonic-half-term-break-at-the-department-of-engineering-for-london-pupil

  An A-Level student from Surrey spent his autumn half-term break at our University for a rewarding week of work experience in the Gas Dynamics Laboratory.

• New report shows deaths during childbirth reduce by half

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/november/new-report-shows-deaths-during-childbirth-reduce-by-half

  In their latest report, co-authored by a researcher from our Department of Health Sciences, a team of academics, clinicians and charity representatives, called MBRRACE-UK*, has looked at the quality of care for stillbirths and neonatal deaths of babies born at term who...

• ITV drama set at the University to air over Easter

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/itv-drama-set-at-the-university-to-air-over-easter

  The first episode of the two-part ITV fictional drama based on the discovery of DNA fingerprinting at the University of Leicester and its first use in a murder enquiry will air over the Easter bank holiday weekend.

• 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.

• Monkeys and chimpanzees have created their own archaeological sites dating back hundreds of years

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/monkeys-and-chimpanzees-have-created-their-own-archaeological-sites-dating-back-hundreds-of-years

  Capuchin monkeys have created their own archaeological sites in Brazil, complete with nut-cracking tools that date back at least 600-700 years ago, according to recent research – and Dr Huw Barton from the University of Leicester’s School of Archaeology and Ancient History...

• New academy aims to change nature of health care for older people

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/new-academy-aims-to-change-nature-of-health-care-for-older-people

  A new academy has been set up in Leicester that hopes to tackle the challenges of ageing and change the nature of health care for older people.

• 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.