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2024 news
https://le.ac.uk/dbs/news/2024
Please see below for articles published in 2024. Environmental and genetic regulation of Streptococcus pneumoniae galactose catabolic pathways Banaz O. Kareem, Ozcan Gazioglu, Karina Mueller Brown, Medhanie Habtom, David G. Glanville, Marco R. Oggioni, Peter W. Andrew, Andrew T.
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Leicester tops UK ranking for United Nations Sustainable Development Goals category
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/the-impact-rankings
New rankings have put the University of Leicester at the top of the UK tree for higher education (HE) institutions committed to working towards peace, justice and strong institutions.
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MRC Undergraduate Dissertation Prize
https://le.ac.uk/medieval/study/undergraduate/dissertation-prize
See records of the annual Medieval Research Centre prize for the best undergraduate dissertation in medieval studies. The prize was set up in 2007 in memory of A G and A L Postles.
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Schrödinger’s Cat and the Hidden Feelings Box: PSHE and RSHE Education in a Digital World
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2025/07/14/schrodingers-cat-and-the-hidden-feelings-box-pshe-and-rshe-education-in-a-digital-world/
Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on July 14, 2025 Michelle O’Reilly, Diane Levine, Neil Sinclair, and Sarah Adams c What if being kind online is harder not because children don’t care — but because they can’t see inside...
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Earth observation images reveal extent of ferocious forest fires in Siberia
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/09/04/earth-observation-images-reveal-extent-of-ferocious-forest-fires-in-siberia/
Stunning satellite images depicting the recent gigantic infernos that devastated one of the coldest areas on the planet have been released to mark Earth Observation Week (6-10 September).
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Social science
https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/expertise/social-science
Our world-leading social science research includes work on subjects like health, policing, intelligence and security, and urban and rural transformation.
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Research highlighted in Governments Serious Violence Strategy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/research-highlighted-in-government2019s-serious-violence-strategy
A major research project led by a team of researchers from our Department of Criminology working with the Home Office has been highlighted in the Government’s latest ‘Serious Violence Strategy’ policy paper.
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The closed prison and the memory of anywhere-but-here
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2016/03/21/the-closed-prison-and-the-memory-of-everywhere-but-here/
Posted by Christian De Vito in Carceral Archipelago on March 21, 2016 The prison of the wolvenplein (Wolves Square), located in the city centre of Utrecht (The Netherlands), closed down in June 2014 as part of the budget cuts that have also affected the prison administration.
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Advanced Solo Mechanics
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/eg4416
Module code: EG4116
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Diabetes professor from Leicester presented with CBE
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/kamlesh-obe
A GP from Leicester who is recognised as the world’s leading diabetes researcher has been presented with the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).