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• Saffia's story: from distance learning to campus study

  https://le.ac.uk/archaeology/study/distance-learning/undergraduate/saffia

  Hear from our student Saffia, who started her undergraduate degree by distance learning and then transferred to campus for her second year of study.

• New research centre to study the impact of the environment on human health

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/cehs

  The Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability (CEHS) draws on experts from a wide variety of research backgrounds to investigate and mitigate the health problems from air pollution, environmental noise, and low-level chemical exposures.

• Activities and events

  https://le.ac.uk/wordsworth-2020/events

  Find out about past events and future events for the Wordsworth 2020 AHRC funded project for English research at Leicester.

• Webb Fellowship awarded for the study of giant planets

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/webb-fellow

  An early-career planetary scientist has been awarded the third-ever Webb Fellowship and will study the atmospheres of giant planets using the James Webb Space Telescope.

• Leicester study to improve crop plants

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/august/leicester-study-to-improve-crop-plants

  Dr James Higgins (pictured) from the Department of Genetics has been awarded a New Investigator grant (£450,000) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to investigate meiotic adaptation to whole genome duplication.

• University celebrates research with Doctoral College Week

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/27-doctoral-college-week

  The University of Leicester’s postgraduate research students, early career researchers and research staff were celebrated in a range of events for Doctoral College Week, which took place from 18 to 22 March 2019.

• Events

  https://le.ac.uk/dickens-code/events

  Find out more about the events being held by us at the University of Leicester or events being held at other Universities or institutions.

• Pioneering study identifies over 100 genes linked to thyroid hormone levels

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/thyroid

  A new study has identified over 100 genes linked to thyroid hormone levels, shedding light on the causes of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism (underactive and overactive thyroid).

• New portrait of Sir David Attenborough revealed in city

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/new-portrait-of-sir-david-attenborough-revealed-in-city

  A stunning new portrait of Leicester honorary graduate and Distinguished Honorary Fellow Sir David Attenborough at Leicester’s New Walk Museum has been revealed by the man himself.

• About the project

  https://le.ac.uk/wordsworth-2020/about

  Get more information about the AHRC funded Wordsworth 2020 project, designed to advance research on Wordsworth's poetry.