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• Expert opinions cover Jupiters composition air pollution and bees

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/august/expert-opinions-cover-jupiter-and-air-pollution

  Dr Leigh Fletcher from the Department of Physics and Astronomy has written a Staff Blog discussing our understanding of the giant planet Jupiter and its bulk composition.

• Women, Writing, Revolution

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/en3153

  Module code: EN3153 From the raucous pamphlet wars and cartoons of the 1790s to the literary introspection of novels by Mary Hays and poems by Charlotte Smith, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Anna Letitia Barbauld, in this module you will uncover different forms of social,...

• About GCRF at Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/research/gcrf/about

  From tackling COVID-19 and its effects on communities around the world, to fighting tuberculosis in South Africa, to using forensic DNA to bring justice for sexual abuse victims in Kenya, or improving child mental health in Turkey, we are...

• Actiphage blood test enters human TB trials

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/march/06-tuberculosis-blood-test-trial

  A new blood test for tuberculosis (TB) could, for the first time, enable screening of patients at an early stage of infection.

• Decoding gigantic insect genome could help tackle devastating locust crises

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/locusts

  A ‘game changing’ study deciphering the genetic material of the desert locust by researchers at the University of Leicester, could help combat the crop-ravaging behaviour of the notorious insect pest which currently exacerbates a hunger crisis across many developing countries.

• Victims and Offenders

  https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/sy1016

  Module code: SY1016 Please note that from 2016 this will be a second-year module. Much of the modern focus in criminology and sociology has been on ways of better defining and understanding the rehabilitation, management, and punishment of the criminal offender.

• Swift action taken in conservation project

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/swift-action-taken-in-conservation-project

  Ten specialist bird boxes have been installed as part of a conservation project to create habitat for swifts by our Environment team working with our Development Team in the Division of Estates and Facilities Management.

• University hosts successful Festival of Social Science

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/november/festival-social-science

  The University of Leicester has hosted an exciting range of events as part of the annual Festival of Social Science this week, tackling some of society’s most pressing issues - from life in a virtual workplace to protecting children from online harassment.

• News and Events

  https://le.ac.uk/research/centres/ceah/news

  News Latest news will appear here. Events Occasional Lecture Series 2024 27 June 2024. Ruth Young, Coastal archaeologies and heritages of the recent past in Jaffna, Sri Lanka 20 June 2024.

• Measuring our environmental impact

  https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/climate-change/net-zero/measure

  The University of Leicester is committed to achieving net zero.