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• NIHR Biomedical Research Centre and Clinical Research Facility officially opened in Leicestershire

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/nihr-biomedical-research-centre-and-clinical-research-facility-officially-opened-in-leicestershire

  Two programmes of pioneering research into medical advancements in the Leicestershire region have been officially launched in partnership with our University, thanks to grants from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). An £11.

• Discover why businesses should harness the power of cooperation

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/discover-why-businesses-should-harness-the-2018power-of-co-operation

  A leading light of the co-operative movement is to speak at our University about the value of working together in business.

• Leicester experts praise translation of diabetes risk-testing tool

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/leicester-experts-praise-translation-of-diabetes-risk-testing-tool

  The translation of a tool to help people find out their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes has been described by Professor Kamlesh Khunti from the Diabetes Research Centre as a “breakthrough”.

• The Anthropocene Leicester scientists respond to criticisms of new geological epoch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/the-anthropocene-leicester-scientists-respond-to-criticisms-of-new-geological-epoch

  A team of academics from our University has responded to criticisms of the proposal to formalise a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene.

• Portable devices monitor air pollution hotspots in cities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/portable-devices-monitor-pollution-hotspots-in-cities

  Scientists at our University are trialling a portable air monitor to gather precise air pollution data at a personal scale in order to help monitor pollution hotspots.

• Academic revives Joe Ortons mischievous alter ego Mrs Edna Welthorpe

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/academic-revives-joe-orton2019s-mischievous-alter-ego-2018mrs-edna-welthorpe2019-1

  To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Leicester-born playwright Joe Orton, Curve is currently staging a major production of his final play What the Butler Saw (3-18 March) starring Rufus Hound, Catherine Russell, Jasper Britton, Dakota Blue Richards, Jack Holden and...

• COVID-19: New focus on indoor ventilation needed

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/covid-19-airborne-transmission

  A group of leading virologists have expressed the need for improved indoor ventilation to combat airborne transmission of COVID-19.

• Government review identifies harmful impact of overprescription

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/overprescription

  A healthcare improvement expert based at the University of Leicester has contributed to a new Government report which suggests many patients are being prescribed unnecessary and even harmful treatments.

• Expert discusses Salisbury nerve agent poisoning and threat of cyber-attacks

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/expert-discusses-salisbury-nerve-agent-poisoning-and-threat-of-cyber-attacks

  Dr Rob Dover from our School of History, Politics and International Relations was recently interviewed by US show Knowledge@Wharton about the Salisbury nerve agent poisoning and the threat of potential cyber-attacks.

• Ethnic differences in need for heart pacemakers may have genetic link

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/ethnic-differences-in-need-for-heart-pacemakers-may-have-genetic-link

  Researchers have found evidence to show that South Asian people (from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) are less likely to require a pacemaker for an abnormally low heart rate compared to white people of European origin.