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• University of Leicester joins major new campaign committed to action on climate

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/climate-action

  Just four in 10 parents of 16 to 18-year-olds in the East Midlands believe that UK universities are equipping the next generation of students with knowledge about climate change, according to new research from Universities UK.

• Universities and colleges join forces to help Leicestershire’s young people decide their futures

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/pathways-universities-join-forces

  A partnership of universities and colleges working to raise aspirations in the region’s young people has engaged over 4800 from disadvantaged backgrounds.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Creating empathic systems

  https://le.ac.uk/empathy/study/creating-empathic-systems

  Find out more about the creating empathic systems workshop held in the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare

• 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.

• Reflections on the AdvanceHE Teaching and Learning Conference

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/09/28/reflections-on-the-advancehe-teaching-and-learning-conference/

  Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on September 28, 2023 By (l-r in image) Jess Ritchie, Laura Nevay, Jo Murphy & Ben Ellis On 5th July, we attended the Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference at Keele University,...

• Leicester Researchers and the Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC)

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/09/29/leicester-researchers-and-the-europlanet-science-congress-epsc/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 29 September 2020 Planetary Scientists from the University of Leicester have played a leading role in the first Virtual Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC).

• Conversations with… Prof. Richard Alexander

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/12/13/conversations-with-prof-richard-alexander/

  Conversations with... Prof. Richard Alexander