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• Research helps frail older people in hospitals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/research-helps-frail-older-people-in-hospitals

  Researchers led by Leicester have devised a ‘risk score’ which will be used to help frail older people have better support in hospital.

• Meet the team

  https://le.ac.uk/parca-r/meet-the-team

  Meet the team behind the studies into Parent Report of Children's Abilities (PARCA-R) at the University of Leicester.

• Oadby and Wigston Growth and Innovation Programme

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/executive-education-programmes/oadby-and-wigston-growth-and-innovation-programme

  Why join? Many business owners, managers and leaders have undertaken little or no management training and may be lacking the confidence, knowledge or skills needed to take a serious, thoughtful and informed approach to effective innovation, successful change and impactful growth.

• COVID-19 treatment trialed at Leicester’s Hospitals shown to reduce deaths in sickest patients by one-fifth

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/june/covid-recovery

  John, a self-employed roofer, was approached by a research nurse to take part in the RECOVERY trial, where he was assigned the Regeneron monoclonal antibody combination. The treatment was delivered through an intravenous drip, which took about an hour to enter his body.

• Leicester space scientist receives prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/stfc-fellowship

  A space scientist from the University of Leicester has been identified as a science leader of the future by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).

• Ghoulish practice of gibbeting corpses haunted public of the eighteenth century

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/ghoulish-practice-of-gibbeting-corpses-haunted-public-of-the-eighteenth-century

  Today, a typical Halloween night might include people dressing up as ghosts, ghouls and a creepy clown or two in order to frighten passers-by. But some of the disturbing practices from history might be more harrowing than a modern audience is used to encountering.

• #PlanetarySeminar: Heidi Hammel – Exploring the Solar System with JWST: First Results and a Glimpse

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2022/11/07/planetaryseminar-heidi-hammel-exploring-the-solar-system-with-jwst-first-results-and-a-glimpse-ahead/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 7 November 2022 We will welcome Dr. Heidi Hammel (AURA, Interdisciplinary Scientist for JWST) to speak about exciting solar system science with the new space telescope. Who: Dr. Heidi Hammel, Heidi B.

• Colourful plastics may lead to more microplastics: new study

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/microplastic-colours

  Study led by University of Leicester concludes that colourants in plastic can affect the rate at which it breaks down and can lead to more harmful microplastics released into the environment

• Caroline Lucas and ‘The Rest is History’ Podcast headline 2025 Literary Leicester festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/literature-festival-caroline-lucas-rest-is-history

  Literary Leicester is the University's free annual literature festival.

• Major step in UK contribution to space mission to study solar wind

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/smile-sxi-stm

  The SXI consortium is led by the University of Leicester in collaboration with UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory (UCL MSSL), the Open University and European partners.