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• Students need “clarity and consistency”, says Leicester Vice-Chancellor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/august/clarity-a-level-results-nishan-canagarajah

  The University of Leicester has today responded to the Government’s decision to base students’ A level and GCSE results on their teachers’ assessments.

• Ruth David (1929-2020)

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2020/ruth-david

  Ruth’s last visit to the University of Leicester, 26 November 2019.|The David Wilson Library holds copies of Ruth's memoirs, A Child of Her Time, and of Lifelines, a volume of letters she and her parents exchanged before they were deported to Auschwitz.

• Pope Franciss appeal for Poland to welcome refugees may remain unanswered

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/2018pope-francis2019s-appeal-for-poland-to-welcome-refugees-may-remain-unanswered2019

  Pope Francis’s appeal to Polish people to welcome refugees into the country and to embrace EU integration may remain unanswered, according to an expert from the Department of Politics and International Relations.

• Local research study contributes to global findings which pinpoint genes for depression across ethnicities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/january/exceed

  A University of Leicester study has contributed to the world’s largest and most diverse genetic study ever into major depression, helping to reveal nearly 300 previously unknown genetic links to the condition

• Sensory Reading: New Approaches to Teaching and Learning GCSE English Literature

  https://le.ac.uk/research/projects/sensory-reading

  Led by Professor Phil Shaw and Dr Scott Freer in the Department of English, ‘Sensory Reading’ aims to develop outreach opportunities arising from Phil Shaw’s AHRC Leadership Fellow project, Wordsworth 2020.

• Earth observation images reveal extent of ferocious forest fires in Siberia

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/september/siberian-fires

  According to Russia’s forestry agency, this year’s fires have ravaged more than 14m hectares, making it the second-worst fire season since the turn of the century.

• Student musicians conductor and composer feature in free concert at De Montfort Hall

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/student-musicians-conductor-and-composer-feature-in-free-concert-at-de-montfort-hall

  A free classical morning concert this Saturday 12 March features not only talented student musicians from the University of Leicester but also a student conductor and the premiere of a Leicestershire-themed piece by a student composer, showcasing the range of talent to be...

• New research highlights how environment plays key role in changing movement behaviour of animals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/new-research-highlights-how-environment-plays-key-role-in-changing-movement-behaviour-of-animals

  Researchers from our Department of Mathematics have developed a theory which explains how small animals, such as bats, insects and birds, adjust their movement behaviour based on cues within their environment.

• Apprenticeship investments ‘pivotal to prosperity’

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/apprenticeship-investments

  In light of National Apprenticeship Week, the University of Leicester has affirmed its commitment to the future economic prosperity of its city, by revealing an ongoing investment in ‘learn while you earn’ staff apprenticeship schemes.

• Chemistry researcher joins next series of Great British Bake Off

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/joshua-smalley-bake-off

  Dr Joshua Smalley is to be a contestant on the next series of the Great British Bake Off.