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• Inspiring young engineer from our University wins prestigious engineering grants

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/january/inspiring-young-engineer-from-our-university-wins-prestigious-engineering-grants

  A student from our University has been awarded two prestigious engineering grants for her ability in the field.

• Professor David Bradshaw, 1955-2016

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2016/09/15/professor-david-bradshaw-1955-2016/

  Posted by Barbara Cooke in Waugh and Words on September 15, 2016 The Complete Works of Evelyn Waugh project is deeply sad to announce the untimely passing of our Co-Investigator, David Bradshaw. David had been ill with cancer for some months.

• Victoria Szafara

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/archiscan/author/victoria_szafara/

  Research Assistant for the Arch-I-Scan project, University of Leicester; Postgraduate research student in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester

• Wendy Hickling OBE, JP, DL (1936-2017)

  https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/wendy-hickling

  “In our rooms, with outstretched arms you could touch each wall. You were allowed five items on your dressing table and nothing on the radiator. If you contravened this rule your surplus items were confiscated and you had to pay to get them back.

• New heart attack genes discovered

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/new-heart-attack-genes-discovered

  Scientists have discovered two new genes which are associated with a person’s risk of coronary heart disease in an international collaboration involving BHF and NIHR-funded researchers. The findings could lead to new statin-like treatments to prevent heart attacks.

• New community counting materials for children launched

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/new-community-counting-materials-for-children-launched

  Maths materials featuring local schoolchildren, adults and celebrities will be launched at an event at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 4 July.

• Journeys festival makes a stop off at Attenborough Arts Centre

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/august/journeys-festival-makes-a-stop-at-attenborough-arts-centre

  The Attenborough Arts Centre is hosting an event as part of the ArtReach's 'Journeys' festival, which celebrates the artistic talents of refugee and asylum seeker artists, sharing refugee stories through great art and culture.

• Leicester academic co-authors new book on young people and the anti-apartheid protest

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-academic-co-authors-new-book-on-young-people-and-the-anti-apartheid-protest

  Dr Gavin Brown, Associate Professor in Human Geography, has co-written a book about young people's involvement with the anti-apartheid movement.

• 12th May 2015 Sol 983

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2015/05/12/12th-may-2015-sol-983/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on May 12, 2015 A stunning image of sunset over the Gale Crater Rim!  The sort of long wavelength scattering so characteristic of our Earth’s red sunsets has not occurred. Ehlers et al.

• Seventeen novels in seventeen years Leicester alumna Adele Parks to share her journey to the bestsellers list

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/seventeen-novels-in-seventeen-years-leicester-alumna-adele-parks-to-share-her-journey-to-the-bestsellers-list

  Leicester alumna and author of seventeen bestselling novels Adele Parks will be speaking at Literary Leicester on Wednesday 15 November.