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• New hope for patients with aggressive asbestos-linked cancer as trial shows a targeted cancer treatment can improve survival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/asbestos-cancer-nero-leicester-fennell

  Leicester researchers have shown for the first time that a drug that prevents cancer cells from repairing can control the growth of mesothelioma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer caused by asbestos

• Leicester hosting ground-breaking conference for Genomes Project

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-hosting-ground-breaking-conference-for-genomes-project

  Our University will host the inaugural UK Genomes conference on Wednesday 8 March Thursday 9 March at College Court, 150 Knighton Road, Leicester running from 9am – 5pm.

• Surface of Mars revealed in unprecedented detail

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/april/surface-of-mars-revealed-in-unprecedented-detail

  The surface of Mars – including the location of Beagle-2 – has been shown in unprecedented detail by scientists using a revolutionary image stacking and matching technique. The technique made use of images supplied by scientists from our University.

• Nate: Page 3

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/medicalleaders/author/nh227/page/3/

  The Doctor as a ‘Street-Level Bureaucrat’ Posted by Nate in Medical Leadership in the Foundations on September 23, 2018   Why don’t policies play out as planned?   It’s a key question in public policy.

• Science Minister praises Leicesters leading position in space science and pledges to visit University

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/science-minister-praises-leicesters-leading-position-in-space-science-and-pledges-to-visit-university

  The Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Sam Gyimah, has spoken of ‘Leicester’s leading position in space research and science research’ and pledged to visit the University during a debate on Space Policy in the House of Commons.

• Awesome aurora device replicates Northern Lights phenomenon

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/awesome-aurora-device-replicates-northern-lights-phenomenon

  Leicester researchers will be creating Northern Lights for a studio audience using the University's Planeterrella during the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lecture on 30 December 2015. The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are the UK’s flagship science series.

• Grayson Perry guest of honour at Centenary Alumni Celebration

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/grayson-perry

  Contemporary artist, writer and broadcaster Grayson Perry CBE will share his insight with Leicester alumni at a special event in celebration of the University’s Centenary this May.

• PhD students

  https://le.ac.uk/media/people/phd-students

  Find out more about the work of PhD students in Media and Communications

• Finding Dolly Shepherd in Historical Directories

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/07/finding-dolly-shepherd-in-historical-directories/

  Guest blog post on Edwardian Lady Parachutist Dolly Shepherd, by Debra Wallace

• Difficult Conversations: Air quality experts to discuss ways to clean up the air that we breathe

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/june/difficult-conversations-air-quality

  Research experts including a Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government will join a public Q&A exploring the air quality ‘crisis’ being felt across the globe. Air quality is a measure of pollutants and other harmful particulates in the air that we breathe.