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• University academic shortlisted for prestigious biology award

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/university-academic-shortlisted-for-prestigious-biology-award

  Dr Sarah Gretton (pictured) from our Centre for Interdisciplinary Science has been shortlisted as a finalist for the HE Bioscience Teacher of the Year Award given by the Royal Society of Biology.

• Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms, study suggests

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/september/peatlands-will-store-more-carbon-as-planet-warms-study-suggests

  Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms, study suggests Photograph of a peat field|Leicester scientist part of international study into effects of global warming on peatlands Global warming will cause peatlands to absorb more carbon – but the effect will weaken as...

• Lorna Unwin

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2024/lorna-unwin

  We have learned, with sadness, of the recent passing of Professor Lorna Unwin, who was Director of the Centre for Labour Market Studies in the 2000s.

• Wildfires across the Americas have been supercharged by climate change

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/wildfires-americas-supercharged-climate-change

  Study: Warming increased burning in Pantanal, Chiquitano and Amazon, releasing billions of tonnes of CO2, while climate change increased likelihood of Southern California’s deadly fires by at least 2-3 times

• New five-year plan set to boost Leicester’s creative economy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/cultural-strategy

  A five-year strategy that aims to create thousands of new jobs in Leicester’s creative economy and engage hundreds more adults in the city’s arts and cultural offer has been backed by the University of Leicester.

• World’s first picture of the molecular machinery that makes cilia beat

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/cilia

  A picture of the structures that power human cilia – the tiny, hairlike projections that line our airways, has been produced by scientists for the first time.

• Implementing lecture capture event 11 Sep 2017 – Implementation, training and support

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/lli/2017/10/05/implementing-lecture-capture-event-11-sep-2017-implementation-training-and-support/

  Posted by Frances Deepwell in Leicester Learning Institute: Enhancing learning and teaching on October 5, 2017 As part of the ‘ Implementing lecture capture – what are we learning ‘ event on Monday 11 September 2017, we held discussions on the theme of Implementation,...

• Carceral Archipelago: Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester: Page 6

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/page/6/

  Academic and staff blogs from the University of Leicester

• Royal Thai Government's programme to boost digital workforce sees 50 students study overseas with Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/thai-prime-minister-boost-digital-workforce-students-university-leicester

  Thai students spent six weeks studying in the United Kingdom as part of the Thailand government’s plan to equip young people with the skills to thrive in a digital economy.

• Better peatland management could cut half a billion tonnes of carbon

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/may/peatland-emissions-nature

  However, because large populations rely on these peatlands for their livelihoods, it may not be realistic to expect all agricultural peatlands to be fully returned to their natural condition in the near future.