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• About

  https://le.ac.uk/own-write/about

  In Their Own Right is a jointly run project by The National Archives at Kew Gardens and the Department of History at the University.

• Ruth Pollington

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/ruth-pollington

  We have learned, with sadness, of the death of Ruth Pollington (née Rowell) who passed away peacefully on Sunday 16 June 2024, aged 74 years.

• Sami Zubaida

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/sami-zubaida

  We have learned, with sadness, of the passing on 6 April 2025 of Sami Zubaida, an expert in Middle Eastern culture who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1960s. Sami Zubaida was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1937.

• Brian Windley

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/brian-windley

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• New study shows the heart health benefits of more intense physical activity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/heart-study

  Study shows there is a greater reduction in cardiovascular disease risk when more of that activity is of at least moderate intensity.

• Next Scarman Lecture discuss lifecycle of riots

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/next-scarman-lecture-discuss-life-cycle-of-riots

  The esteemed criminologist Professor Tim Newburn (pictured) will visit Leicester to deliver this year's Scarman Lecture series.

• Study suggests millions of modern men are descendants of 11 dynastic leaders

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/genetic-study-suggests-millions-of-modern-are-descendants-of-11-asian-dynastic-leaders

  A team of geneticists led by Professor Mark Jobling from the Department of Genetics has discovered that millions of modern Asian men are descended from 11 powerful dynastic leaders, including Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan, who lived up to 4,000 years ago.

• Managing older people in emergency settings

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/managing-older-people-in-emergency-settings

  The challenges and solutions in for clinicians dealing with older people in emergency settings will be explored in a course designed fill gaps in knowledge and understanding.

• Aerial monitors explore reed die-back condition around lakes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/aerial-monitors-explore-reed-die-back-condition

  An international team led by Professor Heiko Baltzer from the Department of Geography has developed a way to increase our understanding of the die-back of reeds throughout Europe - including popular tourist areas - through satellite and aircraft monitoring systems.

• Project to provide vital maths support for teenagers born very prematurely

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/making-sense-of-maths-vital-support-for-teenagers-born-very-prematurely

  An award-winning research team led by Dr Samantha Johnson (pictured) from the Department of Health Sciences is developing a web-based e-learning programme to help teenagers who were born very prematurely with vital maths skills.