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Tackling sexual violence
https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/social-justice/dna-kits
Professor Lisa Smith discusses how new DNA kits are helping to ensure survivors of sexual violence find justice.
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Net zero
https://le.ac.uk/sustainability/impacts/net-zero
Learn how the University of Leicester will try to achieve the goal of being net zero by 2040.
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University of Leicester Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls ready to compete on the world stage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/olympics-paralympics
Student Lauren Henry and alumnus Nick Cummins are competing as part of TeamGB in the Olympics and Paralympics 2024
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Space Park Leicester to benefit from funding boost for UK space sector
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/space-park-levelling-up
Space Park Leicester is to receive £284,000 to fund a Cluster Development Manager who will work with local government, businesses and academia.
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Space Interpreters from University of Leicester join the National Space Centre
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/july/science-interpreters
Students from the University will be spending 6 weeks building their public engagement skills with visitors to the National Space Centre
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Work-life balance supports improve employee well-being
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2018/02/19/work-life-balance-supports-improve-employee-well-being/
Posted by Stephen Wood in School of Business Blog on February 19, 2018 In this blog post Professor Stephen Wood presents some interesting findings on work-life balance and well-being, arguing that the main reasons for the improvement of employee well-being where work-life...
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Study sheds light on the genetics of stopping smoking
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/february/study-genetics-stopping-smoking
The effectiveness of a common drug to quit smoking could be down to people’s genes, according to a study from the University of Leicester.
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Young Leicester artists raise money for charity through ‘Hopefulness’ exhibition
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/aac-hopefulness
A new exhibition featuring the work of budding artists from Leicester College has opened at the Attenborough Arts Centre, the University of Leicester’s public arts programme. The Art and Design students were asked what ‘hope’ meant to them.
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Looking through the Record Office boxes
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2020/02/10/looking-through-the-record-office-boxes/
Posted by Colin Hyde in Library Special Collections on February 10, 2020 Ewan digitising the tapes. One of the features of the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project is that we want to create the opportunity for volunteers to learn new skills.
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Unravelling the Minion genome
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/unravelling-the-2018minion2019-genome
Based on what we know of the minions from the popular Despicable Me films – and the Minions movie current playing at cinemas – they could, in theory, have a complex genetic make-up similar to humans, according to Natural Sciences students Krisho Manoharan and Ruth Sang Jones.