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• Student raises over 12000 for The Myton Hospices in memory of her mum

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/february/student-raises-over-ps12-000-for-the-myton-hospices-in-memory-of-her-mum

  A tenacious student from our University has spent the last year working tirelessly to raise money for The Myton Hospices as thanks for the fantastic support they gave her mum during her final days in their care.

• Increasing diversity among patients provides opportunity for empathy muscle workout

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/diversity-and-empathy

  New paper by University of Leicester researcher encourages health professionals to see diversity as an opportunity as a facilitator of empathy.

• Activist Museum Awards 2024 winners announced by Research Centre for Museums and Galleries

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/activist-museum-2024

  Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) has announced the winners of the prestigious Activist Museum Award 2024.

• How air pollution affects our respiratory system and Quality Improvement reporting in health care services could be improved

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/june/how-air-pollution-affects-our-respiratory-system-and-quality-improvement-reporting-in-health-care-services-could-be-improved

  At the University's final Doctoral Inaugural lectures for this academic year, two research graduates from the College of Life Sciences will be discussing their research on issues pertaining to public health on Thursday 14 June.

• Leicester leads the way against COVID-19

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/august/covid-response

  A complete response The University of Leicester has been at the forefront of the conversation into universities’ reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare teams

  https://le.ac.uk/empathy/study/healthcare-teams

  Find out more about the evidence-based empathy skills for healthcare teams course at the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare.

• Mollusc invaders in the Thames – a mark of the Anthropocene

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/october/14-thames-molluscs

  In the last few decades, the life of London’s River Thames has been transformed.

• Glynis Wright MBE

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/working-with-business/entrepreneurs-in-residence/glynnis-wright

  Dr Glynis Wright MBE is an alumna of the University of Leicester and a well-known businesswoman and lawyer who made a career U-turn at the age of 40 to train for the legal profession.

• Worlds biggest study of genetics of lung health and disease allows scientists to predict chance of developing COPD

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/world2019s-biggest-study-of-genetics-of-lung-health-and-disease-allows-scientists-to-predict-chance-of-developing-copd

  The world’s biggest study into an individual’s genetic make-up and the risk of developing lung disease could allow scientists to more accurately ‘predict’ - based on genes and smoking - your chance of developing COPD, a deadly disease which is the third commonest cause of...

• Competition winners to receive photographs signed by Tim Peake

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/competition-winners-to-receive-photographs-signed-by-tim-peake

  Children will be awarded their chosen photographs taken by astronauts at a ceremony at the National Space Centre this week.