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• Prabhleen sets her sights on breaking down language barriers for Leicester’s new mums

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/nhs-midwifery

  As we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service, here we take a look at a story from Prabhleen Mann, who qualified in 2022 as a midwife from the University of Leicester.

• What makes some people simply able to carry on in the face of adversity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/what-makes-some-people-simply-able-to-2018carry-on2019-in-the-face-of-adversity

  The ability to ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ could explain why some people suffer less depression and anxiety when faced with adversity, research has discovered.

• Higher Education

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/gene-mutations-and-cancer/higher-education

  Cancers are responsible for millions of death every year. The study of cancer biology is therefore one of the largest areas of scientific interest. Cancer cells develop specific hallmarks through a series of mutations in both oncogenes and tumour-suppressor genes.

• Leicester researchers shed new light on extragalactic event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/researchers-shed-light-extragalactic-event

  University of Leicester scientists discover that a Fast X-ray Transient (FXT) called EP250108a is the result of a massive star exploding.

• Evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare teams

  https://le.ac.uk/empathy/study/healthcare-teams

  Find out more about the evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare teams course at the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare.

• Changing the face of British sport governance

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/october/12-sporting-equals

  Sporting Equals and the University of Leicester are partners in a New LeaderBoard Academy in Sports Governance

• Ultra-hot gas around remnants of Sun-like stars

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/07-stars

  Stars (Left) Artist’s impression of the hot white dwarf GALEXJ014636.8+323615 (white) and its ultra-hot circumstellar magnetosphere (purple) trapped with the magnetic field (green). Credit: N. Reindl. (Right) Colour image of the white dwarf GALEXJ014636.

• Ancient skeleton provides the earliest evidence of a pet cat in Kazakhstan

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/july/cat-skull

  Uncovered in an urban settlement in Dzhankent, Kazakhstan, the analysis of the ancient animal skeleton shows this to be the first domesticated cat (Felis catus) found in the region.

• UK’s poorest students set to benefit most from university redesign

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/poorest-students

  Young people from the poorest parts of the UK are primed to benefit most as universities scramble to offer safe education as they emerge from the COVID-19 lockdown.

• Richard III in the University Archives

  https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/explore/university-archives/richard-iii-spotlight

  Find out more about Richard III in the University archives.