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• University research plays ‘vital role’ in fighting climate change

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/climate-exp0

  Professor Susan Page, from the University of Leicester’s School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, shared leading research into using peatland environments to capture carbon as one form of nature-based solution.

• Emoji is the fastest growing language

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/06/19/emoji-is-the-fastest-growing-language/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 19, 2015 Emoji’s are ‘pictographs. Originally used in Japanese electronic messages, many characters have now been incorporated into Unicode  and the launch of Emoj.li.

• Living in Arcadia: Sophie Swithinbank reflects on the early days of her David Bradshaw Creative Writ

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2019/05/02/living-in-arcadia-sophie-swithinbank-reflects-on-the-early-days-of-her-david-bradshaw-creative-writing-residency-2019/

  Posted by in Waugh and Words on May 2, 2019 Sophie is based at the Visiting Scholars’ Centre, Weston Library, Oxford Sophie Swithinbank reflects on the paradox of traditional and millennial values that exist in Oxford, in 2019, and her first week in Oxford, as part – time...

• People

  https://le.ac.uk/gge/research/critical-creative-geographies/planetary-urban-and-rural-transformations/people

  Staff Professor Martin Phillips Gentrification, Social class, Migration, Representations of rurality, Rural sustainability, Rural landscape transformation Dr Katy Bennett Coal and steel, heritage, destruction, memory, landscape, regeneration Dr Ben Coles Markets...

• Online programmes and activities

  https://le.ac.uk/botanic-garden/education/online

  Bookings To book a live KS1/KS2 online session or an in-school workshop with the Botanic Garden Education Officer please email the Botanic Garden. Botanic Garden board game A fun, printable board game based on the University of Leicester Botanic Garden for ages 6-9.

• Encountering the Unexpected

  https://le.ac.uk/rcmg/research-archive/encountering-the-unexpected

  We wanted to challenge museums to think differently about older people, to support them to live and age well.

• Introducing Leicester’s BepiColombo MIXS Instrument

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/19/introducing-leicesters-bepicolombo-mixs-instrument/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 19 October 2020 This week (October 15th 2020) the BepiColombo spacecraft made its close approach to Venus, using the flybys (and electric propulsion) to brake against the Sun’s enormous gravity to reach...

• Vice-Chancellor speaks out on gender inequality in universities at international conference

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/vice-chancellor-speaks-out-on-gender-inequality-in-universities-at-international-conference

  Our President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has addressed the issue of gender inequality in universities at an international conference in Cape Town, South Africa.

• Leicester scientists to unlock the secrets of the biological clock

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/leicester-scientists-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-the-biological-clock

  A new study led by the University of Leicester will investigate the how the length of tiny pieces of DNA called telomeres play a part in the biological ageing process.

• Gene inheritance for school and colleges

  https://le.ac.uk/vgec/topics/gene-inheritance/gene-inheritance-school-colleges

  Geneticists are interested in how genes, and the characteristics they influence, are passed on in families. Find out more by using our resources, designed for students in schools and colleges.