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• Researchers take on marathon challenge

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/october/researchers-take-on-marathon-challenge

  A host of generous fundraisers from the University took part in the 13-mile Leicester Half-Marathon on 25 October to raise money for worthy causes.

• Project to help reduce unsafe abortion death rates in disaster zones

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/project-to-help-reduce-unsafe-abortion-death-rates-in-disaster-zones

  New research led by Dr Nibedita S Ray-Bennett from the School of Management will look into the sexual and reproductive health issues in disaster-prone areas during times of humanitarian crisis.

• Could scream power meet Britains energy requirements

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/could-screams-meet-britains-energy-requirements

  Screams extracted from the population of Britain, as seen in the Disney and Pixar film Monsters, Inc,. could theoretically be used to generate enough energy to power the country, according to a Natural Sciences student from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Science.

• Chancellor

  https://le.ac.uk/about/who-we-are/governance/court/chancellor

  Award-winning space scientist, broadcaster and author, Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, joined the University of Leicester as Chancellor on 1 March 2023.

• National resource library for gender studies at Gothenburg University

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/05/08/national-resource-library-for-gender-studies-at-gothenburg-university/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on May 8, 2017 KvinnSam – National resource library for gender studies – at Gothenburg University Library A great resource on women’s equality which is worth revisiting.

• Knowledge Transfer Partnership rated Outstanding by UK Government

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/pj-care

  A research collaboration between the University of Leicester and a specialist neurological care and rehabilitation centre has been hailed as Outstanding by Innovate UK.

• Schools are key to raising aspirations for next generation of doctors

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/schools-are-key-to-raising-aspirations-for-next-generation-of-doctors

  Teachers and careers advisers are key to improving access to the medical profession for young people in some of the country’s most socially disadvantaged areas – but universities must reach out to give them the support that they need, says the new Head of our Medical School.

• The Anthropocene Leicester scientists respond to criticisms of new geological epoch

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/the-anthropocene-leicester-scientists-respond-to-criticisms-of-new-geological-epoch

  A team of academics from our University has responded to criticisms of the proposal to formalise a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene.

• From the past to the future of work

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/business/2025/02/04/from-the-past-to-the-future-of-work/

  Posted by Stephen Wood in School of Business Blog on February 4, 2025 Stephen Wood, Professor of Management, University of Leicester School of Business.

• Bake Off and Gardeners’ World stars top the bill at Leicester festival

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/bake-off-gardeners-world-stars-leicester-festival

  Stars from Gardeners’ World and The Great British Bake Off top the bill of a family friendly festival taking place in Leicester.