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  • Motor Cities

    https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/motor-cities

    Leverhulme Research Project Grant (£154,757) October 2011-September 2014 Professor Simon Gunn and Dr Susan Townsend (University of Nottingham) In the last half century the automobile has transformed life in cities across much of the globe, offering unprecedented freedom...

  • FGM

    https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/02/13/fgm/

    Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on February 13, 2015 Last week the UK’s first prosecution for female genital mutilation (FGM) failed amid controversy.  A cademics discuss whether the case should have been bought at all.

  • Doctoral research thats worlds apart

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/doctoral-research-that2019s-worlds-apart

    From one of the solar system’s largest planets to the finest of powders, the breadth of postgraduate research at Leicester will be on show on Tuesday 20 March, when two PhD graduates will deliver public talks on their respective specialist areas.

  • University of Leicester marks anniversary of arrival of Ugandan Asians

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/uganda-lecture

    University of Leicester will host a public lecture to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Ugandan Asians to the city. The lecture, Migration and the making of Leicester will take place on Thursday, 15 September at 6.

  • Study seeking to find first medication for Long COVID welcomes first participant

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/covid-medication

    Researchers in Leicester have welcomed the first patient living with inflammatory Long COVID onto a study testing the effectiveness of tocilizumab at relieving their symptoms.

  • Leicester to host talk by UK activist who joined Kurdish force against ISIS in Northern Syria

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/leicester-to-host-talk-by-uk-activist-who-joined-kurdish-force-against-isis-in-northern-syria

    UK activist Kimberley Taylor, who has joined Kurdish forces fighting ISIS in Syria, will be one of the speakers at an event being held on International Women’s Day at the University and chaired by Dr Omer Tekdemir from our School of History, Politics and International Relations.

  • Digging for Britain: Leicestershire & Rutland archaeology projects to feature on BBC 

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/digging-for-britain

    Projects led by Leicester archaeologists have been showcased on the new series of BBC Two’s primetime TV series Digging for Britain.

  • Call to avoid type 2 diabetes made during national campaign to prevent condition

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/april/call-to-avoid-type-2-made-during-national-campaign-to-prevent-condition

    A Leicester man with type 2 diabetes is urging people to do all they can to prevent being diagnosed with the condition which could potentially have “ruined his life”. Patrick Quinn was diagnosed with the condition that is usually associated with poor lifestyle in 2014.

  • Explosion-hunting telescope tested by Leicester space scientists ready for launch

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/einstein-probe-leicester

    University of Leicester experts tested optics for the Einstein Probe, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

  • Ophthalmology researcher wins prestigious prize

    https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/february/08-ophthalmology-award

    Zhanhan Tu Zhanhan Tu|Best Talk prize for Dr Zhanhan Tu at the European Paediatric Opthalmological Society conference.

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